Widely used food preservative implicated in recent uptick in UK suicide deaths

MedicalXpress | 四月 20, 2026

A chemical widely used in food preservation is implicated in an uptick in recent UK deaths by suicide, with a disproportionately high number of cases among young people and boys/men, finds a comprehensive analysis of available data for the period 2019–24, published in the open access journal BMJ Public Health.