Higher intake of food preservatives, widely used in industrially processed foods and beverages to extend shelf-life, is associated with a modestly increased risk of cancer, finds a study from France ...

The strongest and most consistent associations were observed for breast cancer. Higher intakes of potassium sorbate, ...

People who eat more industrially processed foods and beverages laced with preservatives, widely used to extend shelf-life, ...

Potassium nitrate (KNO 3), known historically as saltpeter or the mineral niter, is a common salt with multiple uses. It has been known since antiquity; an early appearance in the chemical literature ...