Do Food Dyes Warrant A Warning Label?

Friday, 18 May 2012
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Food dyes are everywhere.

Derived from petroleum, more than 15 million pounds of dyes are added to food to make something colorful. The use of artificial dyes has gone up fivefold in the past 50 years, according to the Center for Science and the Public Interest (CSPI). Candies, frostings, macaroni and cheese, pickles, sodas, chips, fruit snacks and more are all colored by artificial dyes.

Read the full article at Healthy Child Healthy World.

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