The Environmental Working Group (EWG) recently raised concerns about chemicals being added to foods through the "self-affirmed GRAS" process without FDA review. This has raised alarms among consumer groups and the media. While EWG raises a legitimate concern, the level of alarm seems greater than the evidence warrants. EWG published two reports, and it is the second one that is suddenly getting media attention. But one point in EWG's original article deserves clarification. It blurred together the original FDA GRAS list and the modern self-affirmed GRAS process. They are not ...