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The FDA banned Red 3 food coloring. A scientist explains the dye’s history and health risks
Red 3 – also called FD&C Red No. 3, erythrosine or E127 – has been widely used in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals since ...
STAT6d
How to protect HHS, FDA, NIH, and other health agencies from political interference
When politicians subordinate scientific institutions to electoral interests, they undermine immediate public health efforts ...
FDA approves Vertex’s non-opioid painkiller, first new kind of pain medicine in decades
The Vertex drug is a milestone after a long history of unsuccessful efforts to develop painkillers without the addictive ...
CNET10d
FDA Finally Bans Red Dye No. 3: What You Need to Know
The US Food and Drug Administration announced this month that it's effectively banning Red No. 3, the controversial ...
CNN1mon
FDA disappoints child advocates with its new limit on lead in baby food
For the first time in history, the US Food and Drug Administration has established guidance for levels of lead in processed baby foods that are sold on supermarket shelves and online. The agency ...
New York Daily News22d
FDA seeks to limit nicotine in cigarettes, says move could prevent 48M youth from smoking
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed a rule Wednesday to cap nicotine levels at 0.7 milligrams per gram of tobacco in cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products, including cigars ...
Inverse6d
The Just FDA Banned Red No. 3 Dye. What Took It So Long?
Red 3 — also called FD&C Red No. 3, erythrosine, or E127 – has been widely used in food, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals since its FDA approval in 1969. You’ve likely encountered Red 3 before.
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FDA makes history, approving Spark's eye gene therapy
But now the FDA has rubber-stamped the approval of Luxturna, the first ever gene therapy it has backed, all the attention is now on Spark, and what price it plans to charge for the therapy.
CBS News22d
FDA moves to ban Red 3, citing concern over cancer in some animals
The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday it had decided to revoke Red 3's authorization to be added to foods, over concerns about how the food coloring dye has been linked to cancer in ...
FDA proposes limiting nicotine levels in cigarettes, other tobacco products
The Food and Drug Administration proposed a new rule on Wednesday limiting nicotine levels in cigarettes and certain other tobacco products.