Talk:Potassium sorbate

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I am a cosmetic manufacturer, and I not only have allergy from the use of very small amounts of potassium sorbate, but 10% of the volunteers that test it, also report skin irritation. It's uncompreensible how such authorities claim that only a tiny percentage of the population report allergies.

I am so allergic to this chemical yet this webpage makes it sound harmless. It causes such an extreme reaction to my eczema that it makes me furious that this page has not been updated. Many people have reactions to this chemical, just google its side effects.

RUBBISH. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.66.78.30 (talk) 12:47, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Toxicology section has problems "Allergic reactions are very rare and it is well tolerated when administered internally." refers to a specific clinical trial about tube feeding, not to the general population. The rest of it reads like an industry pamphlet. Krisjohn 07:49, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It may read like an industry pamphlet, you removed the only scientific source which states that it is pretty safe (tube feeding is still eating, and I hope that the group of people tested is a subset of the population. Off course there are always downsides to compounds, and your addition of the other information is OK, though I would like to see scientific references for those as well. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 08:07, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see nothing that supports the claims for behavioral effects in any of the listed sources. Plus, they look very dubious to me - fedupwithfoodadditives.info? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.69.61.233 (talk • contribs) 00:59, 27 December 2006

The last five references under the toxicology section are unreliable references. I will remove the troll references. --Organic Flavor 21:25, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Someone has disputed the non-irritating classification by citing an extremely dubious link - http://www.beok.co.il, which appears to be a site where anyone can just throw up an article. The article linked to in this case appears to have no information about the author available. I think this dubious indication should be removed unless a valid source can be found. 173.228.123.66 (talk) 06:07, 3 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Since this statement was based on a source that shouldn't be considered reliable (WP:RS, WP:MEDRS), I have simply removed it. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:08, 3 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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