Over 35 years after the first study linking the artificial food dye Red 3 to thyroid cancer in rats was published, the U.S.

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BUT IT TOOK THEM ANOTHER 30 YEARS TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THIS, WHICH THEY DID LAST WEEK IN ORDER TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF RED DYE NUMBER THREE AND REMOVE IT COMPLETELY FROM ANY FOOD PRODUCTS.

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