Potassium bromate

Safety Summary

Regulatory Status

Sources

These citations are the ones recorded for the human adult context.

• IARC Monographs Volume 73: Some Chemicals that Cause Tumours of the Kidney or Urinary Bladder in Rodents and Some Other Substances — Potassium Bromate, Group 2B Classification, Renal Carcinogenicity, and 8-OHdG Oxidative DNA Damage Mechanism (1999) ACADEMIC · 1999
• US FDA: Potassium Bromate as Flour Improver — GRAS Status, Voluntary Withdrawal Policy, Residual Bromate in Finished Bread, and CSPI Petition History (2022) REGULATORY · 2022
• EFSA: Potassium Bromate — EU Prohibition as Food Additive (1990), Residual Monitoring in Imported Bread Products, and IARC 2B Classification Review (2005) REGULATORY · 2005
• Guidelines for drinking-water quality: fourth edition incorporating the first, second and third addenda REGULATORY
• PROPOSITION 65 LIST OF CARCINOGENS OR REPRODUCTIVE TOXICANTS REGULATORY · 2026
• IARC Monographs, List of Classifications REGULATORY · 2026
• identity database ECHA CHEM, Download all substances: REACH registrations (ECHA's own list of REACH-registered substances) REGULATORY · 2026
• Permissible Exposure Limits – OSHA Annotated Table Z-1 REGULATORY
• ECHA Annex VI to CLP: the unofficial Excel table (up to and including the 23rd ATP) REGULATORY

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