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It adds a bright white color to coffee creamers, baked goods, chewing gums, hard-shell candies, puddings, frostings, dressings, and sauces. But the nanoparticles found in “food-grade” titanium dioxide may accumulate in the body and cause DNA damage—which is one way chemicals cause cancer and other health problems. 

In the experiment, the growth of iron yellow particles can be inhibited by adding additives, so as to prepare iron oxide yellow cryst

EFSA's evaluation is related to the risks of TiO₂ used as a food additive, not to other uses.

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In cosmetics, titanium dioxide’s properties enhance coloration and can help protect skin from damaging UVA and UVB rays.