Cancerous dioxin found in bamboo salt

Excess amounts of cancerous dioxin have been discovered in heat-treated salts, including bamboo-salt salts and roasted salts which are being widely distributed in market, the Korea Food and Drug Administration said recently.

As a result of investigating the remaining amounts of dioxin in the heat-treated salts, the KFDA said that of the 24 heat-treated salts, dioxin in 16 salts (67%) was det...