The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) on June 2 petitioned the FDA to ban several food dyes, alleging a link between them and hyperactivity and behavior problems in children. The dyes are Yellow 5, Red 40, Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Orange B, Red 3, and Yellow 6. CSPI said several of them already are being phased out in the U.K.rn"Synthetic food dyes have been suspected of disrupting children's behavior since the 1970s, when Dr. Ben Feingold, a San Francisco allergist, reported that his patients improved when their diets were changed," CSPI reported. "Numerous controlled studies conducted over the next three decades in the United States, Europe, and Australia proved that some children's behavior is worsened by artificial dyes, but the government did nothing to discourage their use and food manufacturers greatly increased their reliance on them."
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