Talk:Benzoic acid

whitfields ointment

benzoic acid is an active ingredient in whitfields ointment for treating tinea ...

Uses

Under medical uses would it be appropriate to add that it is used in dental mouthwashes, such as listerine? I know it already mentions antiseptic uses.

Statements with respect to "international food law"

The statements in regard to "international food law" require more than a minimal list of citations. WHO is also not a "legal" entity- in that it does not legislate laws, therefore citation to them does not establish a reference to the argument. I would expect to see at least ten citations representing at least ten separate countries that have some sort of legislation regulating as alleged in the article, since there is alleged to be an "international consensus" of law- otherwise I will remove the statement on the basis of failed verification of combined credible sources. 71.91.178.54 (talk) 20:37, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

I have altered the wording. I suspect the writer intended to mean something along the lines of "controlled internationally by various food laws". -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:43, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

Biology and health effects paragraph

Which "health effects"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.55.129.197 (talk) 02:28, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Salkowski reference

The link to Salkowski in the History section is taken from here and is misinterpreted. What it actually says is "Such acids as salicylate [whose antifungal action has been known since 1875 (von Meyer & Kolbe, 1875; Salkowski, 1875)], sorbate and acetate...". In other words salicylate, sorbat and acetate were known in 1875 to be antifungal, not benzioc acid. Wyatt Tyrone Smith (talk) 16:01, 30 March 2022 (UTC)