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spleen and body fat. Cheese, butter, cream, which state that an-
natto seed or riboflavin (natural dyes) have been added, also
have traces of these dyes! Not only these, but a host of azo dyes,
a finding as unbelievable as it is revealing. Azo dyes have a
special chemical structure that involves two nitrogen atoms (–
N=N–). They have been implicated in cancer induction for dec-
ades.^68
How can this be? Is it the result of an error in identifying it
to the manufacturer using other food dyes? Is it the result of
cross-contamination? A manufacturer using unsafe dye for
some legitimate purpose and safe food dye nearby cannot keep
them totally apart? One cannot expect the work force in a fac-
tory to understand the issues—the terrible seriousness of keep-
ing them apart—the system must be made fool proof. Or is it
due to confusion in naming of dyes? (Both Sudan IV and DAB
have over 40 names each!^69 Their popular names are “Scarlet
Red” and “Butter Yellow.”) Could there be a loophole in the
legislation banning carcinogenic dyes to be used in food? Have
hair dyes completely escaped legislative attention? Why is it
legal to use carcinogenic ingredients in them?^70 Just because
you are not eating them? With over 20,000,000 people (mostly
women) dying their hair in the United States alone, should it not
be made safe? Could there be simple negligence, in spite of
safeguards such as required testing of each batch of synthetic
dye to be used? There is one glaring defect in this “safeguard.”
The testing done is for the presence of the stated dye, a legiti-
mate one, to make sure it comes up to the percentage (usually
85%) on the label. Testing is not for possible illegal contami-
nants in the remaining 15%. The components and quality of this
remainder is left up to GMP (good manufacturing practice)!
(^68) Greenstein, J.P., Biochemistry of Cancer, 2 nd Ed., Academic Press, NY, 1954, p. 88.
(^69) Howard, P.A., Neal, M., Dictionary of Chemical Names and Synonyms, Lewis
Publishers, 1994, pp. I-144, I-193.
(^70) Ames, B.N., Kammen, H.O., Yamasaki, E., Hair Dyes are Mutagenic: Identification
of a Variety of Mutagenic Ingredients, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, v. 72, no. 6, June
1975, pp. 2423-27.