{"id":148979,"date":"2022-10-27T18:22:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T23:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/fda-says-it-causes-cancer-yet-its-in-hundreds-of-candies"},"modified":"2022-10-27T18:22:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T23:22:50","slug":"fda-says-it-causes-cancer-yet-its-in-hundreds-of-candies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/fda-says-it-causes-cancer-yet-its-in-hundreds-of-candies","title":{"rendered":"FDA says it causes cancer. Yet it\u2019s in hundreds of candies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s illegal to use the carcinogenic color additive Red 3 in cosmetics, such as lipsticks or blush, or externally applied drugs. Yet the discredited chemical is lurking in common varieties of candy corn<\/a>, Nerds<\/a>, Peeps<\/a>, Pez<\/a>, SweeTarts<\/a>, and hundreds of candies, cakes, and other foods, including dozens of seasonal Halloween items<\/a>. That\u2019s why the Center for Science in the Public Interest and 23 other organizations and prominent scientists are today urging the Food and Drug Administration to formally remove Red 3 from the list of approved color additives in foods, dietary supplements, and oral medicines.<\/p>\n

Since the early 1980s FDA had evidence that Red 3 caused cancer in laboratory animals. The National Toxicology Program considered the evidence \u201cconvincing.\u201d As a result, in 1990, the agency eliminated certain \u201cprovisionally listed\u201d uses of the chemical\u2014meaning cosmetics and externally applied drugs. In 1990, FDA also said it would \u201ctake steps\u201d to ban its use in foods, ingested drugs, and supplements. But those steps were never taken.<\/p>\n

\u201cHalloween has never been the healthiest holiday, but few parents would believe that the FDA permits the use of a dye it acknowledges as a carcinogen to be used as a common ingredient in candy,\u201d said CSPI consultant Lisa Y. Lefferts. \u201cFewer still would believe that the FDA prohibits this carcinogen in makeup but allows it in food.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s illegal to use the carcinogenic color additive Red 3 in cosmetics, such as lipsticks or blush, or externally applied drugs. Yet the discredited chemical is lurking in common varieties of candy corn, Nerds, Peeps, Pez, SweeTarts, and hundreds of candies, cakes, and other foods, including dozens of seasonal Halloween items. That\u2019s why the Center [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}