[ayuhito]

“Chemicals” are overused as a term for sure, but there is a huge difference between what’s legal in America and Europe that brings a shred of truth to the previous statements.

For example, common ingredients like potassium bromate or ADA are straight up banned in the EU for health concerns.

Reading the ingredient list of American bread is plain shocking at times.

[wizzwizz4]

And there are a handful of chemicals banned in the US for health concerns that the EU is fine with.

[wizzwizz4]

Individual cases are interesting. For example, Wikipedia says this of E122:

> In the US, this color was listed in 1939 as Ext. D&C Red No. 10 for use in externally applied drugs and cosmetics. It was delisted in 1963 because no party was interested in supporting the studies needed to establish safety. It was not used in food in the US.

> Azorubine has shown no evidence of mutagenic or carcinogenic properties and an acceptable daily intake (ADI) of 0–4 mg/kg was established in 1983 by the WHO.

Wikipedia's article on E180 is a stub. Wikipedia's article on E105 says it's now banned in both the US and EU, but it doesn't say when it was banned: did the US ever approve it?