Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1919 — CANNING PRESERVATIVES DANGEROUS [ARTICLE]

CANNING PRESERVATIVES DANGEROUS

I The use of “commercial pre- j i servatives’L of any kind in can- • ! ning is not only unnecessary but i t may be dangerous. The most ■ t commonly known preservatives > and “.canning powders” usually J contain one Ar more of the ehem- ' • icals known as borax, boric acid j or salicylic acid. Harmful re- ! stilts are especially likely to fol- ; low the use of food containing t these preservatives by the very ; youhg, the nged and feeble, and t others of weak digestion—U, S. ; Department of-Agriculture. 4 *