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Health notes - toxic ingredients in bread

We are all aware of the food we ingest has ingredients which have terrible health effects. I just read about this additive that's allowed in the US breads. While Europe and China, besides other countries don't allow it. Please check this ingredient next time you buy bread and don't buy it. Please check out this article: Banned bread: why does the US allow additives that Europe says are unsafe? China, Brazil and members of the EU have weighed the potential risks and outlawed chemicals found in US loaves Here is a quote from the above article: "... Potassium bromate, a potent oxidizer that helps bread rise, has been linked to kidney and thyroid cancers in rodents. Azodicarbonamide (ACA), a chemical that forms bubbles in foams and plastics like vinyl, is used to bleach and leaven dough – but when baked, it, too, has been linked to cancer in lab animals...." What's your thoughts? Do you know of additional ingredients we consume, which have terrible hea