Tell the FDA to Ban Potassium Bromate from Baked Goods!

Potassium bromate, a chemical historically used to whiten and strengthen dough for baking, was declared unsuitable for use in flour by the World Health Organization and the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization in the early 1990s. In 1999 it was declared a possible human carcinogen by the WHO. There's also evidence that the chemical damages kidney function in humans.

Despite the myriad health dangers associated with potassium bromate, the FDA continues to allow its use as a food additive in baked goods. The agency is also well aware of the chemical's risks: the same year that potassium bromate was classified as a possible carcinogen, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) petitioned the FDA, urging the agency to ban the chemical from baked goods. The petition has been ignored.

The FDA limits the amount of potassium bromate allowed in flour, but this limit does not take cumulative exposure into account. Write to the FDA and urge them to stop stalling and ban potassium bromate from baked goods in the United States.

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Please Ban Potassium Bromate from Baked Goods

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Potassium bromate, a chemical historically used to whiten and strengthen dough for baking, was declared unsuitable for use in flour by the World Health Organization and the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization in the early 1990s. In 1999 it was declared a possible human carcinogen by the WHO. There's also evidence that the chemical damages kidney function in humans.

I was distressed to learn that your agency is well aware of the chemical's risks, yet you have done nothing: the same year that potassium bromate was classified as a possible carcinogen, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) petitioned your agency, urging the FDA to ban the chemical from baked goods. The petition has been ignored. Despite the myriad health dangers associated with potassium bromate, your agency continues to allow its use as a food additive in baked goods.

I realize that the FDA has chosen to limit the amount of potassium bromate allowed in flour. But this limit does not take cumulative exposure into account, nor the fact that people could be consuming multiple servings of baked goods containing potassium bromate in a single sitting.

For sixteen years you have allowed a chemical that causes kidney damage -- one that has been labeled a possible carcinogen by the WHO -- to be sold as an additive in bread, while ignoring the petition from CSPI. It's time to stop stalling and ban potassium bromate from baked goods in the United States.

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