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So... I just read through the document posted by the OP.
It basically says, "We don't think carrageenan causes any problems. We have no evidence that it causes any harm." None of the studies in that document provide conclusive evidence of carrageenan being a problem in animals or in humans. The EU banned the use of it in infant formula, out of an abundance of caution and they even stated in their announcement of the 2009 ban, that there was no evidence that carrageenan is harmful.
I'm not saying it isn't harmful, because I'm not sure that it is, but it sure seems like there is absolutely no scientific proof that states that the stuff causes any sort of health problems. There hasn't been a link between it and cancer that has been proven.
I am sorry about the loss of your cat, but I think there may have been a much more logical answer to why she passed.
In 2012, I lost my 2 year old dog to secondhand poisoning. My neighbor put down commercial grade rodent bait. It claimed that it was fast acting. My dog caught one or more of the mice that my neighbors poisoned, without ever leaving his own property... and later, bled to death because we had no idea what caused the bleeding. No one saw him eat a mouse. We didn't know what happened until after he'd died and a necropsy was performed. I had to go talk to every single one of my neighbors while I was grieving and broken, to find out who had put the stuff down, so that I could protect my other two dogs from Mugen's fate. Come to find out, they were cat owners. They had lost several cats just this way over the years and had no idea that they were killing them by using these poisons. The store where they purchased them, told them that the poison would not kill their pets, if they caught the dead mice, which was a lie. They had no idea that they were killing their own pets... and I had no ability to control what they do on their property.
Rodenticides are anti-coagulant drugs. They prevent blood from clotting.
It basically says, "We don't think carrageenan causes any problems. We have no evidence that it causes any harm." None of the studies in that document provide conclusive evidence of carrageenan being a problem in animals or in humans. The EU banned the use of it in infant formula, out of an abundance of caution and they even stated in their announcement of the 2009 ban, that there was no evidence that carrageenan is harmful.
I'm not saying it isn't harmful, because I'm not sure that it is, but it sure seems like there is absolutely no scientific proof that states that the stuff causes any sort of health problems. There hasn't been a link between it and cancer that has been proven.
I am sorry about the loss of your cat, but I think there may have been a much more logical answer to why she passed.
In 2012, I lost my 2 year old dog to secondhand poisoning. My neighbor put down commercial grade rodent bait. It claimed that it was fast acting. My dog caught one or more of the mice that my neighbors poisoned, without ever leaving his own property... and later, bled to death because we had no idea what caused the bleeding. No one saw him eat a mouse. We didn't know what happened until after he'd died and a necropsy was performed. I had to go talk to every single one of my neighbors while I was grieving and broken, to find out who had put the stuff down, so that I could protect my other two dogs from Mugen's fate. Come to find out, they were cat owners. They had lost several cats just this way over the years and had no idea that they were killing them by using these poisons. The store where they purchased them, told them that the poison would not kill their pets, if they caught the dead mice, which was a lie. They had no idea that they were killing their own pets... and I had no ability to control what they do on their property.
Rodenticides are anti-coagulant drugs. They prevent blood from clotting.