Editing Flour (section)

== Dangers ==

=== Flammability ===
Flour dust suspended in air is [[explosive]]—as is any mixture of a finely powdered flammable substance with air<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chemeng.ed.ac.uk/~emju49/SP2001/webpage/index.html |title=Introduction to Dust Explosions |access-date=2006-10-29 |last=Williamson |first=George |date=2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041223145242/http://www.chemeng.ed.ac.uk/~emju49/SP2001/webpage/index.html |archive-date=2004-12-23 }}</ref> (''see'' [[dust explosion]]). Some devastating explosions have occurred at flour mills, including an explosion in 1878 at the [[Washburn "A" Mill]] in [[Minneapolis]] that killed 22 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mnhs.org/library/tips/history_topics/73washburn.html |title=Washburn 'A' Mill Explosion |access-date=2006-10-29 |work=Minnesota Historical Society Library History Topics |archive-date=2013-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731014659/http://www.mnhs.org/library/tips/history_topics/73washburn.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p4o9AQAAIAAJ|title=Scientific American, "The Explosiveness of Flour"|date=1878-08-10|publisher=Munn & Company|page=87|language=en}}</ref>

=== Pathogens ===
The [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] has cautioned not to eat raw flour doughs or batters. Raw flour can contain bacteria like ''[[E. coli]]'' and needs to be cooked like other foods.<ref name="CDC-2021" />