But I have to laugh at times at all the hooplah over "additives"
Indeed.
I recall watching a program where one anti-vaccination mother was complaining about the mercury that was used in certain vaccines. Of course, she could not answer whether or not the quantity of mercury was in any way dangerous. She just blindly assumed it was 'bad' because Jenny McCarthy said so.
You should have seen the expression on the lady's face when the doctor who was also participating in the discussion told her that if she added up all the vaccines she had in her life time, tallied up the total mercury used, that it was actually less than the amount of mercury one consumes from a single tuna-fish sandwich.
Oh, and judging by the rather 'rotund' appearance of the mom in question, my suspicion is that she has consumed more than one tuna fish sandwich in her lifetime.