'The Data Doesn't Look Good': Makary Explains Concerns About Petroleum-Based Food Dyes

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Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary spoke with CNN about why the administration is moving to remove artificial dyes from the food supply, noting the research on petroleum-based coloring “doesn’t look good.”

“I don't think we appreciated the potential risks to human health and child health when they were first introduced,” he told host Dana Bash when she asked why they're in the food supply and medication in the first place. 

"Yellow Dye No. 5, for example, was noted to be a bright vibrant yellow color as the byproduct of coal tar in the coal ash, and then people decided to put it in fabric and then they thought well we can put it in food," he continued. 

“The studies have caught up with the introduction of these petroleum-based chemical food dyes and the data doesn't look good,” he continued...Read more, see Xs and videos here.