Carrageenan no effects on organ pathology, clinical chemistry, hematology, or normal health. Dietary carrageenan had no carcinogenic, genotoxic, developmental, or reproductive effects in laboratory animals, and was found to be safe in one study on human infants. Carrageenan Carrageenans or carrageenins ( , from Irish "", "little rock") are a family of linear sulfated polysaccharides that are extracted from red edible seaweeds. They are widely used in the food industry, for their gelling, thickening, and stabilizing properties. Their main application is in dairy and meat products, due to their strong binding to food proteins. There are three main varieties of carrageenan,
Substance 1987 (2004) that the album is "pure pleasure" and serves as "a guidebook to 1980s pop", along with Prince's "Purple Rain" (1984) and Madonna's 1990 compilation "The Immaculate Collection". "Slant Magazine"'s Sal Cinquemani was less enthusiastic and said that the album is "undeniably a product of its time". In 2005, Will Hermes included "Substance" in his "definitive guide" to dance-rock for "Spin" magazine. Substance 1989 is the video version of "Substance" that first appeared in 1989 on VHS; it was released on LaserDisc in Japan in 1991. The cover is similar to the LP, except "1987" is replaced by "1989" (though