Ban Toxic Synthetic Food Color Additives
Tell your U.S. Representatives to pass the Do or Dye Act (H.R.8687) sponsored by U.S. Representative Anna Paulina Luna.
The Do or Dye Act would treat synthetic food color additives, also called food dyes, as adulterants under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and includes Blue Nos. 1 and 2, Green No. 3, Red Nos. 3 and 40, Yellow Nos. 5 and 6.
Synthetic food colors can pose a greater risk for children and the evidence is mounting. Studies have increasingly linked these food additives to neurobehavioral impacts such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made a determination in 1990 that Red No. 3 could cause cancer, yet the agency only recently banned it.
In October 2023, California became the first state to ban Red No. 3. But consider this: Red No. 3 has been banned in the EU since 1994. It’s also banned in Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Why is the U.S. so far behind in protecting the health of its citizens, especially children?
We shouldn’t wait another 35 years for the FDA to take action on other problematic food dyes. We must apply the Precautionary Principle: Food ingredients should be proven safe for children with long-term toxicity studies before they are allowed into the market.
“It is time that we stop allowing unaccountable corporations and the complicit Food and Drug Administration to poison our families. Far too many Americans are suffering needlessly from type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetes, and mental health conditions as a result of artificial and harmful ingredients that are in nearly every refrigerator and pantry in our country,” said Congresswoman Luna. “Not only are we consuming spoonfuls of high-fructose corn syrup every day, but many of the foods and snacks we consume have dyes linked to an alarming number of health conditions.”
Let’s avoid another generation of children with neurobehavioral issues by removing ingredients that could be contributing those conditions. Toxic synthetic food colors must be banned and removed from our food supply. Tell your U.S. Representatives to pass the Do or Dye Act today.
You can read the full H.R.8687 bill text HERE.
