Some toxins to watch out for are in our food, others in our personal care products, and some are in both. Red Dye No. 3 is found in both. Why don’t you want Red Dye #3 (Erythrosine)? Carcinogenicity: It was found in many personal care products, but the FDA banned it from cosmetics and topical drugs in the U.S. back in 1990 due to cancer links in lab animals. While it was phased out of cosmetics years ago, the FDA recently banned it from food and ingested drugs, with deadlines of 2027 for food and 2028 for drugs, as it’s linked to thyroid cancer in rats, though human risk is debated.

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