date:Feb 08, 2014
to the C.S.P.I., two chemicals form when bread with azodicarbonamide is baked. One, semicarbazide, causes cancers of the lung and blood vessels in mice. Another chemical, urethane, is a carcinogen.
Researchers at the Agricultural University of Hebei in China found azodicarbonamide partially degrades with the heat of processing to form trace amounts of semicarbazide, which shows carcinogenicity and also has been shown to cause tumors. The study appeared in the Sept. 14, 2011, issue of the Journa