The Food and Drug Administration has banned Red Dye No. 3 for its potential cancer risk, and other ingredients could be next to face the agency's scrutiny.. Health advocates have long called for ...

Red No. 3 was banned from use in cosmetics in the U.S. in 1990 because of evidence that the dye is carcinogenic at high doses to lab rats. However, it has remained one of nine synthetic dyes ...

Red No. 3, the artificial coloring that has been linked to cancer and has been banned by U.S. health officials, is currently in scores of products from candy to cold medicine. Red No. 3 is used in ...