Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr is set to announce a ban on certain artificial food dyes in the US, according to a statement from the health agency.
Kennedy plans to announce the phasing out of petroleum-based synthetic dyes as a “major step forward in the Administration’s efforts to Make America Healthy Again” the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Monday.
No exact dates for the changes were provided, but HHS said Kennedy would announce more details at a news conference on Tuesday.
The dyes - which are found in dozens of foods, including breakfast cereals, candy, snacks and beverages - have been linked to neurological problems in some children.
Broken clock and all that.
Ugh legit, headline should maybe read “Chud with brain holes in position of extreme power accidentally does something right.” Or something like that. That might be a little wordy, I’m not a journalist.
Brainworm-infested zombie aimlessly flailing around also hits the right targets.
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Before he flipped to cozy up to trump, the base of a lot of his ideas made sense. He would just take the thing and run with it until he got to crazy-land.
Ten steps back, but at least one step forward.
THE BRAINWORM FELL ASLEEP, HE CAN BE REASONED WITH!!!
Except it isn’t a broken clock, it’s a lying clock. It’s saying the time is inconsistent and arbitrary, and only that clock can tell you the true time. The first step in getting you to accept the lying clock as the source of true time is to tell you a time you think is correct, but justify it with a lie. It may indeed be 12 noon eastern standard time, but it is not because the clock had a conference call with Bigfoot and Dracula where they determined it is indeed 12 noon eastern time.
If it’s harmful then good, be rid of them, but there’s a small part of me that is endlessly frustrated just knowing that if a Democrat tried this Faux News would be crying endlessly, getting MAGA all bent out of shape over “The left want to make everything bland because they’re miserable and want you to be miserable! Don’t let them take the color out of your life! We must resist the authoritarian left that wants to take everything good away!”
welcome to modern politics where if the other side is doing it, it must be bad.
This is gonna be this century’s “Mussolini made the trains run on time” isn’t it?
Ok, artificial food dyes are bad? Ban them! Heavy metals, PCBs, PFAS? Double that shit.
Also, I don’t think that artificial food dyes are particularly good for you, but our food is objectively bad for you. Ban sugary pop. Ban Flaming Hot Cheetos. Ban deli meats. Ban Velveeta. Ban bleached/sugary bread. Banning dyes may be good, but don’t skim the surface and tell me you’re doing me favors.
I’m with you except…why flaming hot Cheetos?
I guess that part of my comment was more directed more at unhealthy chips in general but there’s the whole kids getting sent to the ER with bleeding assholes thing. And then there’s the fact that children, especially impoverished children in food deserts, eat them endlessly.
Oh dang. I enjoy them as an occasional snack. I didn’t realize people were living off of them. I honestly prefer Aldi Cheese Crunchies, given my druthers.
As a kid in Florida, EVERYONE ate them CONSTANTLY. It’s was actually nuts thinking back on it.
Wait what’s wrong with deli meats?
https://foodrevolution.org/blog/processed-meat-and-cancer/
A 2021 systematic review and meta-analysis of 148 published articles found that processed meat consumption was associated with a 6% greater breast cancer risk, an 18% greater colorectal cancer risk, a 21% greater colon cancer risk, and a 22% greater rectal cancer risk.
How much processed meat consumption, though? And what denotes “processed?”
Deli meats are generally considered unhealthy due to their high levels of sodium, preservatives, and potential links to cancer. It’s best to consume them in moderation.
Cyanide makes a good blue
Petroleum-based dyes, huh? Good luck going against that crowd. They were already promised an end to regulations just like this one.
