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Article Source: CANOE -- CNEWSMany artificial food dyes that colour everything from breakfast cereal to ice cream should be banned because they pose cancer risks, a new report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest says.
"These synthetic chemicals do absolutely nothing to improve the nutritional quality or safety of foods, but trigger behaviour problems in children and, possibly, cancer in anybody," said CSPI executive director Michael F. Jacobson, co-author of the report, Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risks.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration already recognizes Red 3 as a carcinogen, but the Ronald Reagan administration prevented a ban being placed on Red 3, as required by U.S. law in the case of any food additive known to cause cancer.
About 100,000 kg of Red 3 dye are used annually worldwide in processing food.
What the F?
#1 - Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:24 AM EDTI was born in 1950. Somewhere around late 50s there was a huge national scandal around red dye no. (?? memory slipping) causing cancer. I remember it being about why Mom quit making my favorite Jello.
What, don't we have regulation?
Saw a report today that food coloring also causes hyperactivity in children in combo with the pure sugar (as if the sugar alone was not enough).
Probably manufactured by the same company that peddles the antidepressant for children to calm their mood down.
I was eating ice cream when i read that. Kept eating it, though.
#2 - Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:28 AM EDTAll these different types of cancer has to be coming from somewhere, I know so many people with some sort of cancer..........as well as myself living with Breast Cancer now for over a year!
#3 - Tue Jul 20, 2010 4:12 AM EDTMany thanks for your good wishes, Nearing, life goes on.....somehow:O)
life goes on.....somehow:O)
yes and it seems to get even sweeter....
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