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The red dye thing resonates with me because back in college, ADHD was just hitting the scene and I dug in on minimally available research (back then) for one of my basic class essays. Double blind placebo study with prepackaged foods yielded statistically significant increase in hyperactivity and generally undesirable behaviors when red dye 5 was present. That one always stuck in my craw.
Fast forward to this current byline.
Have I dug back in? No. But it makes me wonder if there isn’t more on red dye 5, now, 30 years later.
Yeah, I had a roommate that claimed to have a reaction to red dye #5, so he'd avoid stuff like Hawaiian Punch or Hi-C, IIRC.
On the one hand, I get it - if these things really are carcinogenic or cause hyperactivity, maybe they should be reconsidered. However, everyone already has the agency to choose to consume that or not, since it's labeled.
Meanwhile, the cons are trying to remove agency in many other areas. If they act like this is some big win, I think they are mistaken. I already had the agency to not eat processed foods, including ones with certain dyes in them.
If they completely disrupt vaccinations and crater herd immunity, that's another thing entirely.
Some promises function like this proposed Area 51 files release: distraction.
That’s all red dye ever was, and it worked.