Food dyes' favor fades as possible links to hyperactivity emerge
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/food_dyes_favor_fades_as_possible_links_to_hyperactivity_emerge/2011/03/24/AFmAhoYB_story.html?wprss=rss_homepage
"Push a cart down a supermarket aisle, and you'll pass a kaleidoscope of color. The use of artificial dyes by foodmakers is up by half since 1990, and it's not limited to candy. The list of foods made pretty by chemicals now includes pickles, bagels and port wine cheese balls.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/food_dyes_favor_fades_as_possible_links_to_hyperactivity_emerge/2011/03/24/AFmAhoYB_story.html?wprss=rss_homepage
"Push a cart down a supermarket aisle, and you'll pass a kaleidoscope of color. The use of artificial dyes by foodmakers is up by half since 1990, and it's not limited to candy. The list of foods made pretty by chemicals now includes pickles, bagels and port wine cheese balls.
"Americans are really turned on by a bright-red strawberry juice, and they think it's natural," said Kantha Shelke, co-president of the food research firm Corvus Blue. "Or cheese — cheese is naturally a pale color, but most young kids will not eat cheese unless it's a bright, almost fluorescent orange.""
