Table 2.
Amount of dietary sodium bisulfite administered to rats over one year and its adverse effects (data from Fitzhugh et al., 1946) [94].
Amount of sodium bisulfite | Negative effect |
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0.5–2% | Damage to the nervous system, reproductive organs, bone tissue, kidneys and other internal organs |
Doses lesser than 0.25% | They do not cause any pathological symptoms except diarrhea at levels above 0.1% |