Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier launched an investigation on July 14 into potassium bromate, a common food additive used by major manufacturers in bread and baked goods that has been linked to cancer and kidney problems in some animal laboratory tests. “There’s a reason why most of the world has prohibited the use of potassium bromate in products and foods that are being sold,” Uthmeier said during a press conference announcing the investigation on Tuesday. The chemical compound has been banned as a food additive in the European Union since 1990, in Canada since 1994, in China since 2005, in India since 2016, and in Brazil, Argentina, South Korea, Peru, and several other countries....