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BELOW the ground floor!
For real?
And is there a Lemmy equivalent to pre-2021 wallstreetbets?
Anyone want to take bets on how long until right wing influencers start talking about how Red No 3 cures COVID/cancer/brainworms and how the government is trying to take it away because of how good it is, while posting a video of themselves chugging gallons of it on TikTok to own the libs?
"Red is our color! white erasure!!!" /$
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Sure. Ban Red Dye No. 3, but let's allow all the homeopathic bullshit we want because hey why regulate that stuff? They just give it to kids.
Don’t worry, the republicans will complain about a war on red and it will be available again.
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MOD: In light of reports related to homeopathy:
There is a studied and demonstrated harm associated with homeopathy. However, claims made in ignorance of this will not be removed as misinformation at this time.
Read more: Adverse effects of homeopathy: a systematic review of published case reports and case series | 2012
They have until 2027?
Lmao, we know this is bad but what's another 2yrs going to hurt...
If the ban was effective immediately a bunch of things would have to be pulled from shelves and that would impact everything from Acetaminophen to Maraschino cherries to some vegetarian faux-meats. There's over 9,000 (lol) products across a wide number of industries that use Red 3.
Your comment prompted me to lookup when red 3 started to be used in food, but I couldn't find anything. Can't find who discovered it or when it was discovered either, weird. (There are claims but none with a credible source)
According to Material History Review (Fall 1994) it was discovered in 1876 by Adolf Kussmaul. No clue who first used it in food, corporations weren't big fans of telling us what was in food back then.
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Red #3 was invented by Red Foreman, obviously. It's named after him.
Uhhh actually it was Red #4 obviously
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We know it causes cancer in rats, but we have to think about the shareholders!
There is no evidence that it causes cancer in shareholders.
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Do Red40 next!
I puked anytime I ate anything with #40 in it as a child. I wasn't about to let that get between me and red licorice though so I got over it as a teenager! 😅
I hope they get rid of #40 as well
Got a buddy that does the same thing as a 30+ adult.
100% makes him sick Everytime. I'd never heard of it until I met him.
Who numbers all these dyes anyway?
Interesting question... After a small amount of research.
The FDA in the US and the INS globally. The number is just a sequential identifier, i.e., red #3 was approved before red #5.
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“the link between the dye and cancer does not occur in humans”
So just because it’s carcinogenic in rats means it’s banned. But sure, let’s keep selling cigarettes. This is just a big joke.
It's a question of risk vs reward, not risk alone. I don't imagine many would care if their candies look different, but if you take away cigarettes, you're going to get a riot and lots of people going to the black market.
Cigarettes are fairly easy and obvious to avoid, disregarding the occasional whiff when you're out and about.
Food additives less so, especially when in it's in a lot of different foods and manufacturers may change previously "safe" formulas.
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