Titanium dioxide in vitamins and supplements: Is it safe for human consumption?

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http://www.naturalnews.com/027000_titanium_titanium_dioxide_vitamins.htmlWednesday, September 09, 2009 by: Mike , the Health Ranger, NaturalNews EditorKey concepts: Titanium, Titanium dioxide and VitaminsView on NaturalPedia: Titanium, Titanium dioxide and Vitamins(NaturalNews) Because I take a large number of nutritional supplements, I've become increasingly concerned over the years about supplement excipients, binders and fillers. One ingredient frequently used in vitamin manufacturing istitanium dioxide, a nanoparticle powder made of fine titanium bits. It's best known as an ingredient in sunscreen, but it's also used in thousands of cosmetic products as well as nutritional products.Yep, if you take certain vitamins made by GNC or Centrum (as well as hundreds of other companies), you are eatingtitanium dioxide. And this is an ingredient for which no long-term safety testing on humans has ever been conducted. In fact, according to the Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety, titanium dioxide may be a

humancarcinogen. As explained on the CCOHS website: (http://www.ccohs.ca/headlines/text1...)Titanium dioxide has recently been classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as an IARC Group 2B carcinogen ''possibly carcinogen to humans''... This evidence showed that high concentrations of pigment-grade (powdered) and ultrafine titanium dioxide dust caused respiratory tract cancer in rats exposed by inhalation and intratracheal instillation*.CosmeticsDatabase.com lists titanium dioxide as being linked to cancer, allergies, immunotoxicity and

organ system toxicity, among other problems. (http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/in...) Here's a list of some of the many thousands of cosmetic productscontaining titanium dioxide:http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/br...That list, by the way, includes products from many well-known brands.Titanium Dioxide in

SupplementsCentrum vitamins are the No. 1 selling brand of vitamins in the U.S. It is made with synthetic vitamins. The ingredients label reads like a mish-mash of synthetic chemicals and low-cost ingredients with marginal absorption capability: (I'm bolding some of the more concerning ingredients below...)Ingredients for Centrum Silver Ultra Women's Tablets:Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Chloride, Pregelatinized Corn Starch, Ascorbic Acid (Vit. C), Dibasic Calcium Phosphate, Magnesium Oxide, Crospovidone. Contains < 2% of: Acacia, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Beta-Carotene, BHT, Biotin, Boric Acid, Calcium Pantothenate, Calcium Stearate, Cholecalciferol (Vit. D3), Chromium Picolinate, Citric Acid, Corn Starch, Cupric Sulfate, Cyanocobalamin (Vit. B12), dl-Alpha Tocopheryl

Acetate (Vit. E), FD & C Blue No. 2 Aluminum Lake, FD & C Red No. 40 Aluminum Lake, Ferrous Fumarate, Folic Acid, Gelatin, Hydrogenated Palm Oil, Hypromellose, Lecithin, Lutein, Magnesium Stearate, Manganese Sulfate, Medium-Chain Triglycerides, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Modified Food Starch, Niacinamide, Nickelous Sulfate, Phytonadione (Vit. K), Polyethylene Glycol, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Potassium Iodide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vit. B6), Riboflavin (Vit. B2), Silicon Dioxide, Sodium Ascorbate,Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Borate, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Metavanadate, Sodium Molybdate, Sodium Selenate, Sorbic Acid, Sucrose, Talc, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vit. B1), Titanium Dioxide, Tocopherols, Vitamin A Acetate (Vit. A), Zinc Oxide. May also contain < 2% of: Maltodextrin, Sodium Aluminosilicate, Sunflower Oil, Tribasic Calcium Phosphate. Contains:

Soy.