Is Food Coloring Bad for You? The Deadly Risks of Artificial Colors

Is food coloring bad for you? All of those brightly colored cereals, candies, and drinks that are marketed to children are hurting them, and this is widely recognized as true. But food companies continue to pump the petroleum-derived artificial colors into foods and no one has done anything about it. A report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) highlights the dangers of additives like Red 40, Yellow 5, etc., and asks why the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hasn’t done more to stop companies from using them. >