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Time Magazine
08-05-2025
- Health
- Time Magazine
Peter Lurie
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned Red Dye #3 in January 2025—an act that was a long time coming for the federal government, the American public, and Dr. Peter Lurie. Back in 1984, during a gap year from medical school, Lurie helped a public interest group called Public Citizen advocate against harmful synthetic chemicals in food, including Red Dye #3. Research has linked Red Dye #3 to cancer and ADHD-like symptoms in children. Since then, whether as a physician, academic researcher, or federal official, his work has often focused on ridding the food supply of toxic chemicals. As the president and executive director of Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), he directed his organization in 2022 to petition the FDA to ban Red Dye #3. But from previously working at the FDA, Lurie knew that their best shot was to pressure the agency—through the states. In California, CSPI helped develop legislation that led to a state-level ban and the removal of certain food dyes from the school meal program in 2024. After four decades, Lurie was 'thrilled' when the FDA finally passed a federal ban. Just weeks later, his team successfully helped pressure the agency to define 'healthy' food labels, so that they better align with nutrition science. 'Most people believe the government is protecting them, but it often isn't,' Lurie says. 'That's where we step in.'
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Arizona State House passes bill that bans certain ultraprocessed food from schools
The Brief HB2164, also known as "Arizona Healthy Schools Act," was passed by lawmakers at the Arizona State Legislature. The bill aims to ban schools from serving, selling, or allowing a third party to sell food on campus that contains a number of chemicals. PHOENIX - A bill to ban certain chemicals and food dyes in Arizona school lunches is now before the State Senate. What we know The bill, known as HB2164 or the "Arizona Healthy Schools Act," aims to ban what the bill calls "ultraprocessed food" by barring schools that take part in a federally funded or assisted meal program from serving, selling, or allowing a third party to sell food on school campus that include: Potassium Bromate Propylparaben Titanium dioxide Brominated vegetable oil Yellow Dye #5 Yellow Dye #6 Blue Dye #1 Blue Dye #2 Green Dye #3 Red Dye #3 Red Dye #40 If the bill is approved, it will take effect during the 2026-2027 school year. The bill specifically states that it does not ban a student's parent or guardian from providing ultraprocessed food to the student during a normal school day. "We know through studies, through large studies, that these things can affect children," said Intracare family physician Dr. Andrew J. Caroll. Dr. Carroll said certain kinds of additives can negatively impact children. What Dr. Carroll Said "We know that children's activities, whether they are overly active or whether they are overly sluggish, is really directly related to what they are bringing into their bodies, so we should be making that as clean as possible," said Dr. Carroll. Dig deeper HB2164 bill was introduced after similar legislation was passed in California. Per the Associated Press, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that banned Red Dye #3, Brominated vegetable oil, Potassium bromate and Propylparaben. Gov. Newsom said in a signing statement that the additives addressed in the bill are already banned in various other countries. All four chemicals are already banned in foods in the European Union. HB2164 was also introduced after the FDA banned Red Dye #3. Food manufacturers will have until January 2027 to remove the dye from their products, while makers of ingested drugs have until January 2028 to do the same. As for HB2164, the bill's sponsor said it all started with a trip to italy. "You're eating pizza, pasta. You're eating all the things that are bad here if you ate those every day, and I still felt great," said State Rep. Leo Bissiucci (R-District 30) "When I was looking at the labels, I noticed in Europe they didn't have all these additives, all these extra things that we have in our food." The bill has support from Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne. "I think physical health is a precondition to everything else," said Supt. Horne. "In our country, there are 10,000 elements that are allowed in our food. In Europe, it is only 400. So it's easy if we say this is not allowed in the food for the manufacturers to substitute, because they are already doing it in Europe." What's next The bill needs to be passed by lawmakers at the State Senate before it heads to Governor Katie Hobbs' desk.
