So what’s so bad about these dyes, anyway? Below, everything we know about the ill effects of artificial coloring.
As far as the voluntary switch to natural dyes as proposed by Kennedy, Thomas Galligan, principal scientist at CSPI, recently told NPR: “It’s worth pointing out that food companies have made promises like this before. They’ve claimed they’re going to get rid of these food dyes or other additives within a certain timeframe, and then they have consistently reneged on those promises.”
Plus, he added, “The FDA has the authority to ban them outright if they wanted to. So it’s a bit of a strange announcement.”
