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References for Video "Fact-Checking RFK Jr. and Revealing the TRUTH about the Danger of Food Dyes"

Updated: Mar 27

References listed by appearance in video

 

Background on RFK Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy suspends his independent presidential campaign and backs Trump

Stephen Fowler

Updated August 23, 20244:28 PM ET

 

RFK Jr. suspends presidential campaign and endorses Trump

Aaron Pellish and Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN

Updated 8:23 PM EDT, Fri August 23, 2024

 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces independent run for president, ending Democratic primary challenge to Biden 

By Aaron Pellish, CNN

Updated 5:42 PM EDT, Mon October 9, 2023

 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launches unlikely presidential bid as a Democrat

Will McDuffie and Isabella Murray

April 20, 2023

 

Trump picks Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his Department of Health and Human Services secretary

Kaitlan Collins, Kristen Holmes and Aaron Pellish, CNN

Updated 7:13 PM EST, Thu November 14, 2024

 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bio: https://www.mahanow.org/about


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Joe Rogan Experience #1999 - Robert Kennedy Jr.

PowerfulJRE

27 jun 2024


Reactions to RFK Jr. Nomination

Speaker Johnson Reacts To Trump Picking RFK Jr. For HHS Secretary

Channel: Forbes Breaking News

14 nov 2024

 

Doctor on what concerns him most about Trump picking RFK Jr. as HHS secretary

Channel: CNN

14 nov 2024

 

About the US Cabinet/HHS Secretary position

 

 

HHS Organizational Charts Office of Secretary and Divisions

Content created by Digital Communications Division (DCD) Content last reviewed November 19, 2024

 

RFK Jr.’s Comments on nutrition

RFK Jr Interview: The Elites, Government Corruption, Donald Trump, Dana White & New York City Water!

11 nov 2024

Channel: Joe Polish

 

Americans ‘can’t trust what’s on the ingredient label’: RFK Jr

Channel: Fox News

24 ago 2024

 

Enough Is Enough

Channel: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

25 sept 2024

 

Background on food dyes

Kobylewski S, Jacobson MF. Toxicology of food dyes. Int J Occup Environ Health. 2012 Jul-Sep;18(3):220-46. doi: 10.1179/1077352512Z.00000000034. PMID: 23026007.

 

Color Additives in Foods

Food and Drug Administration

Content current as of: 07/06/2023

 

Banned additives

Center for Science in the Public Interest

Updated: September 29, 2022

 

Scientific studies on food dyes and various health outcomes

Kobylewski S, Jacobson MF. Toxicology of food dyes. Int J Occup Environ Health. 2012 Jul-Sep;18(3):220-46. doi: 10.1179/1077352512Z.00000000034. PMID: 23026007.

 

Mikkelsen H, Larsen J, Tarding F. Hypersensitivity reactions to food colors with special reference to the natural color annatto extract (butter colour). Arch Toxicol Suppl.

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Dipalma JR. Tartrazine sensitivity. Am Fam Physician. 1990;42(5):1347–50.

 

Neuman I, Elian R, Nahum H, Shaked P, Creter D. The danger of ‘yellow dyes’ (Tartrazine) to allergic subjects. Clin Allergy. 1978;8(1):65–8

 

Stenius BS, Lemola M. Hypersensitivity to acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and Tartrazine in patients with asthma. Clin Allerg. 1976;6(2):119–29

 

Settipane GA, Chafee FH, Postman IM, Levine MI, Saker JH, Barrick RH, et al. Significance of Tartrazine sensitivity in chronic urticaria of unknown etiology. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1976;57(6):541–6.

 

First-ever study reveals amounts of food dyes in brand-name foods

Center for Science in the Public Interest

May 7, 2014

 

Stevens LJ, Burgess JR, Stochelski MA, Kuczek T. Amounts of Artificial Food Dyes and Added Sugars in Foods and Sweets Commonly Consumed by Children. Clinical Pediatrics. 2015;54(4):309-321. doi:10.1177/0009922814530803

 

Baer RL, Leider M. The effects of feeding certified food azo dyes in para-phenylenediamine-hypersensitive subjects. J Invest Dermatol. 1949;13(5):223–32

 

Trautlein JJ, Mann WJ. Anaphylactic shock caused by yellow dye (FD&C No.5 and FD&C No. 6) in an enema (case report). Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 1978;41(1):28–9.

 

Gross PA, Lance K, Whitlock RJ, Blume RS. Additive allergy: allergic gastroenteritis due to yellow dye #6. Ann Intern Med. 1989;111(1):87–8.

 

Jenkins P, Michelson R, Emerson PA. Adverse drug reaction to Sunset-Yellow in rifampicin-isoniazid tablet. Lancet. 1982;2(8294):385

 

Michaelsson G, Juhlin L. Urticaria induced by preservatives and dye additives in food and drugs. Brit J Dermatol. 1973;88(6):525–32

 

Feingold BF. Hyperkinesis and learning disabilities linked to artificial food colors and flavors. Am J Nurs. 1975 May;75(5):797-803. PMID: 1039267.

 

Hyperkinetic disorder

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Rambler RM, Rinehart E, Boehmler W, Gait P, Moore J, Schlenker M, Kashyap R. A Review of the Association of Blue Food Coloring With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in Children. Cureus. 2022 Sep 16;14(9):e29241.

 

Nigg JT, Lewis K, Edinger T, Falk M. Meta-analysis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms, restriction diet, and synthetic food color additives. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2012 Jan;51(1):86-97.e8. 

 

Miller MD, Steinmaus C, Golub MS, Castorina R, Thilakartne R, Bradman A, Marty MA. Potential impacts of synthetic food dyes on activity and attention in children: a review of the human and animal evidence. Environ Health. 2022 Apr 29;21(1):45. doi: 10.1186/s12940-022-00849-9. PMID: 35484553; PMCID: PMC9052604.

 

de Oliveira ZB, Silva da Costa DV, da Silva Dos Santos AC, da Silva Júnior AQ, de Lima Silva A, de Santana RCF, Costa ICG, de Sousa Ramos SF, Padilla G, da Silva SKR. Synthetic Colors in Food: A Warning for Children's Health. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 May 27;21(6):682. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21060682. PMID: 38928929; PMCID: PMC11203549.

 

Del-Ponte B, Quinte GC, Cruz S, Grellert M, Santos IS. Dietary patterns and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Affect Disord. 2019 Jun 1;252:160-173. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.04.061. Epub 2019 Apr 10. PMID: 30986731.

 

Borzelleca JF, Capen CC, Hallagan JB. Lifetime toxicity/carcinogenicity study of FD & C Red No. 3 (erythrosine) in rats. Food Chem Toxicol. 1987 Oct;25(10):723-33. doi: 10.1016/0278-6915(87)90226-2. PMID: 2824305.

 

Jennings AS, Schwartz SL, Balter NJ, Gardner D, Witorsch RJ. Effects of oral erythrosine (2',4',5',7'-tetraiodofluorescein) on the pituitary-thyroid axis in rats. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1990 May;103(3):549-56. doi: 10.1016/0041-008x(90)90327-q. PMID: 2160137.

 

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Toxic Substances Portal

ToxFAQs™ for Benzidine

CAS#: 92-87-5

Page last reviewed: October 25, 2011

 

Prival MJ, Peiperl MD, Bell SJ. Determination of combined benzidine in FD & C yellow no. 5 (tartrazine), using a highly sensitive analytical method. Food Chem Toxicol. 1993 Oct;31(10):751-8. doi: 10.1016/0278-6915(93)90147-q. PMID: 8225134.

 

Kamel, Mervat & El-Lethey, Heba. (2011). The Potential Health Hazard of Tartrazine and Levels of Hyperactivity, Anxiety-Like Symptoms, Depression and Anti-social behaviour in Rats. J Am Sci.. 7.

 

Wopara I, Adebayo OG, Umoren EB, Aduema W, Iwueke AV, Etim OE, Pius EA, James WB, Wodo J. Involvement of striatal oxido-inflammatory, nitrosative and decreased cholinergic activity in neurobehavioral alteration in adult rat model with oral co-exposure to erythrosine and tartrazine. Heliyon. 2021 Nov 26;7(11):e08454. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08454. PMID: 34888423; PMCID: PMC8637136.

 

Amchova P, Siska F, Ruda-Kucerova J. Safety of tartrazine in the food industry and potential protective factors. Heliyon. 2024 Sep 19;10(18):e38111. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38111. 

 

Wu L, Lv X, Zhang Y, Xin Q, Zou Y, Li X. Tartrazine exposure results in histological damage, oxidative stress, immune disorders and gut microbiota dysbiosis in juvenile crucian carp (Carassius carassius). Aquat Toxicol. 2021 Dec;241:105998. doi: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2021.105998. Epub 2021 Oct 15. PMID: 34706309.

 

Şensoy E. Comparison of the effect of Sunset yellow on the stomach and small intestine of developmental period of mice. Heliyon. 2024 May 30;10(11):e31998. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31998. PMID: 38882373; PMCID: PMC11176863.

 

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Facts About ADHD Throughout the Years

October 23, 2024


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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

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Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910-1935

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Mesothelioma

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Whitmer, Michelle. "Asbestos Cover-Up." Asbestos.com, 25 Mar 2024, https://www.asbestos.com/featured-stories/cover-up/.

 

Justice Department Announces Global Resolution of Criminal and Civil Investigations with Opioid Manufacturer Purdue Pharma and Civil Settlement with Members of the Sackler Family

Office of Public Affairs

October 21, 2020

 

Focus on Broadband and Opioids

Federal Communications Commission

 

Watch Richard Sackler Deny Purdue Pharma Caused Increase in Opioid Addiction in Kentucky

Channel: ProPublica

12 sept 2019

 

Reducing Opioids Misuse Provider Letter

CMS

February 2019

 

Where dyes are found in the food supply

Surprise! Foods you’d never guess contain artificial food dye

By Ketura Persellin (EWG)

July 31, 2024

 

Lehmkuhler AL, Miller MD, Bradman A, Castorina R, Chen MA, Xie T, Mitchell AE. Dataset of FD&C Certified Food Dyes in Foods Commonly Consumed by Children. Data Brief. 2022 Dec 7;46:108806. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108806.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US Skittles:

SKITTLES Original Fruity Candy Single Pack, 2.17 oz

 

UK Skittles:

SKITTLES Fruits Sweets Bag 152g

 

Wikipedia.com used for all color dye information in the segment on UK Skittles ingredients

 

Citrus red 2 in oranges:

 

 

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