A California lawmaker introduced a bill Tuesday that would ban a handful of food dyes and a chemical already outlawed in the European Union from foods served in the state's public schools, the latest push to regulate artificial ingredients amid claims they're linked to behavioral issues, hyperactivity and trouble focusing—though the FDADemocratic state Rep.
The dyes—Red 40, Green 3, Blue 1 and Blue 2, Yellow 5, and Yellow 6—have become a subject of scrutiny from parents, educators and others who claim limited studies show they’re linked to behavioral challenges in children,"synthetic food dyes are associated with adverse neurobehavioral effects, such as inattentiveness, hyperactivity and restlessness” in some kids, but the Food and Drug AdministrationIn addition to behavior claims, studies of many of the proposed chemicals’ contents have...