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SV_BubbleTime on Jan 15, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: US will ban cancer-linked Red Dye No. 3 in cereal ...

Ok, well then, I’m sure no Americans are eating high levels of foods that contain dyes. So, surely there are long term 20 year plus studies on cumulative effects, right?

streptomycin on Jan 15, 2025 | [–]

The only rats that developed cancer more than baseline in the study had a diet that was 4% red #3. Pretty sure no Americans are approaching that lol

HeatrayEnjoyer on Jan 15, 2025 | | [–]

Depends on the definition of high level. Was the amount given to the rats equivalent of 5x fruit loop bowls, or 5,000,000x?

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