Consumer health group urges FDA to pull artificial colorings, cites links to behavioral problems
The Center for Science in the Public Interest has again brought to light the potential dangers of food dyes with an appeal to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban certain artificial colorings.
The interest group wants the dyes – Yellow 5, Red 40, Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Orange B, Red 3 and Yellow 6 – to be pulled from shelves and replaced with natural colorings, according to a story from WebMD.
The Center asserts studies have shown that artificial colors could escalate attention and hyperactivity disorders in sensitive children. One such study – results of which were published in 2004 – looked at several trials and concluded “food dyes contribute to hyperactivity disorders in sensitive children,” WebMD reports.
For some children, a doctor quoted in the story claims that eliminating artificial colorings could have similar effects as drugs for hyperactivity.
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