The Republican-backed legislation targets specific dyes and preservatives linked to health concerns following California's ...

Potassium bromate, a suspected carcinogen, is also banned for human consumption in China and India. Red dye No. 3 has been in banned in cosmetics in the U.S. since the 1990s.

Potassium bromate. Potassium bromate is an oxidizing agent used as a food additive, mainly in the bread-making process, according to the National Institutes of Health. ...

Potassium Bromate. Potassium bromate is known as a “flour improver,” that strengthens dough and helps with a higher rise and greater oven spring.EWG’s database includes 180 baked goods where ...

Potassium bromate has been used in food for decades due to the belief that when baked (i.e. heated), it converts into potassium bromide, which is not carcinogenic.

To be in violation, bromate sampled each month must exceed 10 parts per billion on average over a year. When DWP crews tested Silver Lake reservoir in October, the bromate level was 68 parts per ...

AB 418, which is sponsored by Democratic California Assemblymembers Jesse Gabriel and Buffy Wicks, targets Red Dye No. 3, titanium dioxide, potassium bromate, brominated vegetable oil and ...

The California Food Safety Act, aka Assembly Bill 418 (or the "Skittles ban") prohibits anyone or any company from making, selling, delivering, distributing, holding, or offering for sale any food ...

Food safety authorities have warned bakers that the use of potassium bromate and potassium iodate in the production of bread is harmful, but manufacturers say they ‘don’t even know’ which ...

Health risks of potassium bromate maybe not so ‘Fringe’ Fringe mad scientist Walter Bishop goes postal over potassium bromate The sci-fi TV show Fringe had a surreally satisfying sequence in ...

Active! gets you the dope on Potassium Bromate, a carcinogenic additive listed as E924 on food labels and banned by the FDA, which is still being used by bakers in India. Should you be worried, we ...