You may have heard that the synthetic dyes in your food are dangerous, that they cause cancer,

that they make kids hyperactive, that they're petroleum byproducts with no business being in a bowl of cereal.

You've probably also heard that this is just another chemical panic.

Today on Skeptoid, we're learning which evidence against food dyes is real, whether the alarm is overblown, and why reasonable people might find themselves on either side of the issue.

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dyes actually safer? That's today on Skeptoid.

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Food dies.

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