The Potential Health Issues of Nanoscale Additives in Food Industry

Abstract

Nanotechnology is widely used in medicine, electronics and food industries. Among them, in the food industry, nanotechnology is mainly used in the fields of food packaging and food additives. Many foods now contain food additives, and nanotechnology has become an important part of it. However, it is not known whether these nanoparticles are actually beneficial to the environment and the body. There is proof that they also negatively impact human health by looking up and examining online scientific papers and experimental data. This paper introduces metal particles like silver and gold nanoparticles used as food additives which protects food and applies coloring, Moreover, inorganic substances with nutritional benefits like titanium dioxide and zinc oxide were utilized as food dyes, then discusses the nanoscale additives’ negative effects on human body like toxicity or cell death, following the damage to human body for instances gut and liver damage, DNA and cell damage, inflammation of the liver, kidney and spleen.