My group's research focuses on food additives and the harmful effects that the chemicals have on our health. Many reliable articles and published books supported the fact that food additives are bad for our health.However, while doing my research, I found an article from US Food and Drug Administration. They claimed that all the food additives existed in processed food in America are regulated by federal authorities to make sure that the food are safe to eat. Yet, certain chemicals in food additives are banned in many countries in Europe and even Canada. Many others have been proven by scientists and chemists to have the carcinogenic potential. Huhhh...Interesting. There is no argument that further research is needed but I still think that the FDA is somewhat bias. It is after all a governmental website controlled by the government. By now, I figured out that there are lots of things the government doesn't want its people to know. Would I still you the site as one of my sources? May be... It does offer some helpful information but I wouldn't use it as one of my backbone sources to back up my argument or refering back to it frequently.