Red Dye 3: Why was it really banned?

In 2025 the US Food and Drug Administration banned Red Dye 3, as it has been linked to cancer in rats, but only if simultaneously treated with another drug, and at incredibly high dose. Some countries ban the dye because natural alternatives exist. Others merely limit the dose.We talk to experts and lobbyists central to this policy debate, and discover cancer may have been used as a proxy to advance another cause......