A new California law requires tortillas to include an extra ingredient. [Folic acid] Here's why [to prevent birth defects] | Spyke

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A new California law requires tortillas to include an extra ingredient. [Folic acid] Here's why [to prevent birth defects]

A new California law requires tortillas to include an extra ingredient. [Folic acid] Here's why [to prevent birth defects]

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Thank you so much for de-fanging the clickbait headline!

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What's next?! Adding iodine to our salt or fluoride to our water?!

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X post of someone defiantly eating anti-folic tortillas

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BetaBlake reply

Joe Rogan clip of him telling us why this is bad

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Ledivin reply

"If you eat 1kg of this stuff, YOU DIE! How could that possibly be safe in tortillas?!?!?"

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gravitas_deficiency reply

sh.itjust.works

dihydrogen monoxide should be a controlled substance. Briefly immersing a newborn baby in a bucket full of it can easily stop their breathing, and likely kill the baby. How could we countenance piping this dangerous substance into literally every home? It’s insane!

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Seems kinda random

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Per the article, it's already added in things like bread. They're mandating it in tortillas because the Latino population eats a lot of tortillas instead of bread, and has a higher birth defect rate as a result.

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I guess they figure bitches love tacos

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