Skittles may no longer be the colors of the rainbow soon. By the end of next year, the Food and Drug Administration plans to phase out the use of all petroleum-based synthetic dyes in America's ...

It is said that as late as the 1870s, both red lead oxide (Pb3O4) and mercuric sulfide (HgS-cinnabar) were routinely used to ...

"For companies currently combining petroleum-based yellow chemical and red dyes together, try carrot juice." Nine artificial color additives made from petroleum are currently approved by the FDA ...