Over 35 years after the first study linking Red 3 to thyroid cancer in rats was published, the US is beginning to wean it out of foods and drugs.
The colorant was banned from cosmetics and non-oral medications years ago because a study showed it caused cancer in rats.
"I used to love it when I would get stuck behind a redheaded kid in line at the grocery store," she tells me as she paints my ...
Local Dietician Kayla Aluise said we find it in a lot of our favorite things to eat. Red dye no. 3 is a synthetic color additive made from petroleum, used to give food and drinks a bright red color.
Food companies have two years to get red dye No. 3 out of their products. But other synthetic dyes have also raised concerns, ...