BROMATE-FREE BREAD TEAM WIKI + TEAM MYPHONE4S

THE DEAL WITH BROMATE-FREE BREAD: The use of potassium bromate in bread flours is banned in many countries. This is because studies showed that potassium bromate is a type of carcinogen that when consumed may later cause health problems and even cancer.

HEALTH

HEALTH DEFECTS DUE TO BROMANE

RELATING IT TO THE SYSTEMS.. POLITICAL  The use of potassium bromate in bread flours is banned in many countries.  Politicians may use this fact to make ‘deals’ with businessmen who are willing to pay in order for the use of bromate-containing flours be legalized just like in the US.

ECONOMIC

 Income from bromate-containing flours and products made from it would significantly decrease thus affecting businesses that are involved in its production.  Also, businesses that are concerned in the production of its alternative, i.e ascorbic acid, would experience an increase in their income.

CULTURAL  Bromates have been banned in numerous countries, including the United Kingdom in 1990 and Canada in In addition, in 1991, California declared bromate a carcinogen under the state’s Proposition 65. As such, baked goods sold in California would have to bear a store level cancer warning if they contained more than a certain level of bromate. As a result, most California bakers have switched to bromate-free processes.

 Some organizations such as the Center for Science in the Public Interest have lobbied the Food and Drug Administration to ban potassium bromate as a food additive in the United States.

SOCIAL People were concerned about the dangers, especially the ones inclined with everyone’s health, of using bromated flour in bread. They shared their views as to how it can cause diseases like cancer. i.e. The members of Center for Science in the Public Interest petitioning the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prohibit the use of potassium bromate in United States because bromate causes cancers in lab animals (cause tumors in rats in 1982) Bromates are banned in other countries such as: United Kingdom (1990) Canada (1994) Sri Lanka (2001) China (2005) Nigeria Brazil

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