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Podcast: ACSH Science Dispatch
Episode: Why Everybody Is Wrong About Food Dyes
Description: During the recent battle over FDA's decision ban the use of Red No. 3 in food and ingested drugs, few commentators answered a fundamental question: why do food makers use dyes in the first place? The press framed the answer as a corporate ploy to sell more candy, but the story's a bit more complicated than that. Let's take a closer look.