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American Foods That Are Banned Around The World

Many dairy products

Synthetic growth hormones rBGH and rBST are approved for use in cows by the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) despite the fact that they’re bad for both cows and people.

Many dairy products

The hormones are totally banned at dairy farms and in dairy products in the European Union, Canada, Australia, Israel, Japan, and New Zealand.

Yoga mat chemical

Linked to asthma and other diseases, ADA is also found in boxed pasta mixes, frozen dinners, packaged baked goods, and almost 500 common grocery foods.

Poultry, water, and rice with arsenic

Yes, it’s the poison you’re thinking of, one of the World Health Organization's top 10 chemicals of public health concern

McDonald’s

This chain is everywhere in the US, and with nearly 37,000 restaurants worldwide, it might surprise you that several countries

Those shiny, waxy apples

That glossy, fresh look of grocery store apples unfortunately comes from DPA, a mixture of chemicals that keep the fruit looking fresh.

"Low fat" products that use Olestra

These diet versions of foods have been linked to gastrointestinal disease in children, violent diarrhea in adults, and, ironically, an increase in appetite!

Bread with potassium bromate

While this dough strengthener and riser is great for impatient bakers, it’s also linked to cancer, kidney and nervous system damage.

Farm-raised salmon

Farmed fish are fed an unnatural diet of grains and often pumped with antibiotics to make them bigger, which turn them grey, and then they’re fed synthetic astaxanthin to make them pink.