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Petition for Red Dye #3 ban

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TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, Jan. 23, CMC – The BVI Cancer Society has launched a petition urging the government to ban Red Dye #3, a synthetic food colouring linked to health risks, including cancer.

The Society highlighted studies that associate high doses of the dye with thyroid tumours in laboratory animals, raising concerns about its potential to cause cancer in humans.

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