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I don't know much about the wellness scammer but that's a poor way to support your stance.

Azodicarbonamide has been banned in quite a few countries. It's only listed as safe at 40 parts per million. It has possible carcinogenic products in the form of other carbazides. It doesn't have a large amount of research/testing on it. It is a known lung irritant and caused respiratory issues in factory workers who produce it.

You may be okay with random hydrocarbons being added to your food. But not everyone is as naive as you.

Notice, you changed the topic to a kook and then invoked ad hominem. Very bad intentions. Much lack of substance. Dishonest attempt to convince others through baseless assertions. So shameful.



I don't know why you thought that personal attacks were merited here, but the fact remains that Subway removed azodicarbonamide from their bread years ago, as did many other fast food chains.

https://www.eater.com/2016/8/8/12403338/subway-yoga-mat-chem...


That doesn't make a difference. You called azodicarbonamide harmless. Companies have a culture. Their history reflects that.


Just a pedantic observation. They never claimed any specific level of harmlessness. What they said was:

> I'm sure they replaced it with some other equally harmless dough conditioner

That could easily mean they replaced a toxic chemical with an equally toxic one.

That being said, the words used certainly imply the thought that the chemical is 'mostly harmless'.




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