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> most of the rest of the world has regulated the heck out of these dyes

You may want to check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_number#E100%E2%80%93E199_(co...

Almost all dyes approved in the US are also approved in the EU. There are even a number of dyes approved in the EU but not in the US.

> often with warning labels required on packaging about the way this stuff makes kids ADHD

This does not happen.

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To back that up:

> The most common synthetic food dyes in the U.S. — including Blue 1, Blue 2, Red 40, Yellow 5, and Yellow 6 — are all approved for use in Europe. They use different names for them there, which may account for some of the confusion.

https://archive.ph/2025.06.18-205957/https://www.thecut.com/...

Way too many people are getting their information on this topic from things like Tiktok and Instagram. Every video on there just proclaims how the EU has banned food dyes and additives that we use, therefore they're unsafe and we should ban them as well.

Never mentioned is that the US has also banned food dyes and additives that are still in use in the EU.

The US bans things when it threatens corporations, the EU bans things when it threatens Gaia.

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