Azodicarbonamide: commonly found in frozen dinners and frozen potato and bread products – is used make things like bleach and foamed plastics like those found in yoga mats (tasty!). Azodicarbonamide has been banned in most European countries because it’s known to induce asthma, and is in fact deemed so dangerous that in Singapore its use carries a hefty $450,00 fine and up to 15 years in prison. Yet, according to the FDA: “[Azodicarbonamide] is approved to be a bleaching agent in cereal flour and is permitted for direct addition to food for human consumption.”
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 01:55:38 +0000