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The science behind the FDA ban on food dye Red No. 3

2025/1/20
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Maria Godoy: 我报道了FDA禁止使用红色3号食用色素的新闻。这种色素被广泛用于各种食品中,几十年来一直被批准使用。然而,最近的研究表明,高剂量的红色3号与大鼠癌症有关,并且与儿童的行为问题有关。FDA在审查了相关的证据后,最终决定禁止使用这种色素。虽然这一决定受到了消费者的欢迎,但也有人批评FDA反应迟缓。许多其他国家已经禁止或严格限制了红色3号的使用。食品制造商有时间逐步淘汰产品中的红色3号,但一些公司可能会更快地进行调整。加州已经禁止了几种食品色素,这促使制造商在全美范围内改变产品配方。一些制造商可能会用红色40号代替红色3号,但红色40号也与儿童的行为问题有关。天然食用色素,如姜黄和甜菜根,是红色3号的替代品。一些公司已经成功地用天然色素代替了合成色素。家长应该关注孩子的整体饮食习惯,而不是仅仅关注合成食用色素。他们可以在购买包装食品时查看标签,并限制加工食品的摄入。 Peter Lurie: 我是科学公众利益中心执行主任。我们多年来一直敦促FDA采取行动禁止红色3号,因为法律明确规定,任何会导致人类或动物患癌的添加剂都不应该存在于食品供应中。FDA在承认红色3号会导致癌症超过三十年后才采取行动,这令人沮丧。我们也正在努力为其他与儿童多动症样症状相关的色素添加警示标签。 Mark Miller: 我是2022年一篇综述动物和人类现有证据论文的主要肿瘤学家。我认为来自这些人类研究的证据令人信服,表明儿童食用合成食品饮食会导致注意力不集中、多动等症状的增加。 supporting_evidences Peter Lurie: '...the law is absolutely clear. Any additive that causes cancer in humans or animals is not supposed to be in the food supply...' Mark Miller: 'I think the evidence is compelling from those human studies that children's consumption of synthetic food diets can contribute to increases in symptoms like inattention, hyperactivity...'

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On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration announced it is banning the dye called Red No. 3, a food dye additive in many processed foods, like sodas, sweets and snacks. Recently, it and other dyes were linked to behavior issues in children. But high levels of Red No. 3 were linked to cancer in rats decades ago. So why is the ban happening now? Senior editor and science desk correspondent Maria Godoy answers our questions about Red No. 3 and other dyes that may replace it. Plus, how should parents think about feeding their kids products that may contain Red No. 3 before the ban takes affect.*Questions, story ideas or want us to dig into another food science issue? Email us at [email protected]) — we'd love to hear from you! Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave).*Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)