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California bans red dye No. 3 and three other chemicals

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  1. rivergator

    rivergator Too Hot Mod Moderator VIP Member

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    Red Dye No. 3 has not only been banned in many countries, it's been banned in cosmetics in the US since 1990. But it's still allowed in food, which is kind of weird.


    California becomes the first state to ban four chemicals in food, including red dye No. 3


    https://www.salon.com/2023/10/17/th...cosmetics-in-1990-why-are-we-still-eating-it/
     
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  2. citygator

    citygator VIP Member

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    This is how it starts. Next they’ll be coming for all the food colors then our guns!

    Did I do that right?
     
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  3. mutz87

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    Banning a synthetic dye from our food that has been found to cause cancer is the slipperiest slope to communist hell!
     
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  4. WarDamnGator

    WarDamnGator GC Hall of Fame

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    They must have learned it was red dye #3 in the blood stream that was blocking the covid vaccine nano bots from getting their 5G activation orders.

    Stock up Skittles, fellow patriots!
     
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  5. PITBOSS

    PITBOSS GC Hall of Fame

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    lol!! But unfortunately that’s correct. Big gov telling corps what harmful chemicals we can’t consume. Has anyone ever dropped dead within a month from it? No? Well, short term immediate results is the only argument. Plus trying to be healthy is so woke.
     
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  6. archigator_96

    archigator_96 GC Hall of Fame

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    I'm sure it's used in a lot of different things but they didn't specifically say which products it's in. Like red M&M's?
     
  7. OklahomaGator

    OklahomaGator Jedi Administrator Moderator VIP Member

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    Is red dye #2 okay?
     
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  8. wgbgator

    wgbgator Premium Member

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    Congrats to California for taking measures that should have been done 30 years ago and still somehow leading the way in this country
     
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  9. sierragator

    sierragator GC Hall of Fame

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    damn, and I was just about to go on amazon to order more lithium dibromide and dioxin....
     
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  10. Trickster

    Trickster VIP Member

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    California is just too damn woke for my taste!:cool:
     
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  11. BigCypressGator1981

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    For now…
     
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  12. defensewinschampionships

    defensewinschampionships GC Hall of Fame

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    I'm not usually for government banning stuff, but my wife's uncle has level 4 hazmat clearance (he's a trucker), and hauls food dye all the time. It is always marked level 4 hazmat. Once he had a leak and had to report it to the EPA.

    On the other hand, it was the FDA or the USDA that approved food dyes for consumption, so in this case, go California.
     
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  13. obgator

    obgator GC Hall of Fame

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    They can try to take Red Dye #3 from my Cheetos stained hand.
     
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  14. mutz87

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    It's one less red, so probably :)
     
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  15. RIP

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    There is absolutely no reason why food should have dyes in them. I guess food companies see us as 4 year olds.
     
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  16. wgbgator

    wgbgator Premium Member

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    If broccoli were red, I think I'd give it a try though
     
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    RIP I like touchdowns Premium Member

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    Yeah, green stuff is for smoking.
     
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  18. obgator

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    I wouldn’t eat broccoli if it was deep fried in chocolate sauce
     
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  19. tilly

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    The fact that a single state has to do what our own fda should have done years ago is sad. It is also a reason why many of us barely trusted the FDA to handle covid properly. They sell out to special interests and ignore our interests. Their a shell of what they should be. The NCAA of foods.
     
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  20. 92gator

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    I'm thinking this might cause a commerce clause issue.