A Swedish content creator shocked the internet when he showed the warning labels found on US-made candies in the EU. They ...

The picric acid market has experienced steady growth in recent years, attributed to its widespread applications across industries. Initially known for its use in explosives and munitions, the market ...

With the rise of fast fashion and performance fabrics, experts warn the chemical make-up of our clothing is getting more complex and potentially more toxic.

Made from petroleum, red dye 40 is a synthetic food dye. Some studies suggest a link between red dye 40 and ADHD behavior; the dye might trigger or exacerbate behavioral changes in sensitive children.

With dyes like Red 40 and Yellow 5 coloring everything from cereals to energy drinks, concerns are mounting over potential health impacts, especially in children. UAB researchers are now examining the ...

Opens in a new tab or window In September, California became the first state in the nation to ban six artificial food dyes from meals served in public schools. The move followed a 2021 report from ...

“The first thing I’d do isn’t going to cost you anything because I’m just gonna tell the cereal companies, take all the dyes out of their food,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said last week ...

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The safety of artificial food dyes is again being examined after California banned several dyes from public school meals, and activists collected more than 400,000 signatures asking cereal maker WK ...

Such a mechanism could account also for the carcinogenic effects of radiation and of remotely acting agents, such as the azo-dyes, ethionine, etc., which may give rise to alkyl radicals in the body.