Why US regulators are banning Red Dye No. 3 from American food

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U.S. health officials have banned Red Dye No. 3 from American foods, decades after the synthetic coloring was banned in Europe. As VOA’s Dora Mekouar {Meh-kwar – rhymes with “bar”} reports, studies have linked the bright red color additive to cancer in male laboratory rats