Americans may be unwittingly exposed to carcinogens and harmful chemicals in their food because of lax food ingredient laws.

The bill would prevent processed foods that contain any of 11 different additives from being sold in Arizona's public schools.

Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) order banning the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food products, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias renewed his call for ...

Food dye Red No. 3 has been banned by the FDA. Are there other food additives that could soon be forbidden the same way?

Despite being banned in various regions, including California, Canada, Europe, and China, potassium bromate remains in use in the United States, prompting criticism of the FDA's pace in ...

These two additives are used in flour and found in bread. Potassium bromate increases the volume of bread and can give it a “fine crumb” structure, while azodicarbonamide strengthens dough and ...

Potassium bromate, an additive banned by the California bill signed into law, is a slow-acting oxidizer that has long been used in flour to strengthen and increase the rising potential of dough.

Feynman suggested that the strange physics of quantum mechanics could be used to perform calculations. The field of quantum computing was born. In the 40-plus years since, it has become an ...

potassium bromate and propylparaben from all food sales in the state on Jan. 1, 2027. Another bill bans six synthetic food dyes – blue 1, blue 2, green 3, red 40, yellow 5 and yellow 6 – from being ...