#rd3 — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #rd3, aggregated by home.social.
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#LongOverdue
#USA bans controversial red #food dye
"FDA determined as early as 1990 tt #Red3, whose #chemical name is #erythrosine, shld be #banned in cosmetics bec of its link to thyroid #cancer in male rats. However, the additive continued to be used in #foods, largely due to resistance fr the #foodindustry.. US has been #slow to act on #RD3 cf to oth major economies. #EU banned its use in 1994, with similar #prohibitions #enacted in #Japan, #China, UK, #Australia & NZ"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2941052/us-bans-controversial-red-food-dye