1. Carefully pour some milk in a dish so it just covers the bottom. 2. Gently add one or two drops of red, blue, and yellow food coloring to the same spot in the center of the milk. 3. Dip a cotton ...

This story appears in the December 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine and is part of National Geographic’s Future of Food initiative, a special five-year project that seeks to show how ...

California is banning them in schools. The FDA says they’re fine. But synthetic dyes added to food to make them more colorful have a long, troubled history.

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As we head into the summer months, it can be a challenging time for many kids who rely on their schools for free meals, but there’s a way you can help.

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As an experiment, scientists dropped gophers onto parts of the scorched mountain for only 24 hours. The benefits from that single day were undeniable and still ... Small Reductions to Meat ...

2024 — A recent study finds that color vision evolved in animals more than 100 million years before the emergence of colorful fruits and flowers. And there ...

Scientists can't say for sure that there is a proven link, but food dye opponents often point to concurrent rises in artificial coloring consumption and rising ADHD diagnostic rates among children.

California bans specific synthetic food dyes in schools. FDA maintains approval despite health concerns. Studies link synthetic dyes to behavioural issues in children.

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