Children's medicines coated with brain-damaging aluminum

Monday, January 30, 2012 by: S. D. Wells



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(NaturalNews) Aluminum Lake food coloring, used to heavily coat liquid medicines for children, contains dangerous amounts of aluminum and harmful synthetic petrochemicals. These "petrochemicals" are carcinogens containing petroleum, antifreeze and ammonia, which cause a long list of adverse reactions. Aluminum poisoning can lead to short and long term central nervous system (CNS) damage, such as memory impairments, autism, epilepsy, mental retardation, and dementia.

Research shows that just 4ppm of aluminum can cause the blood to coagulate. This is what causes Alzheimer's Disease and has been docuмented to inhibit learning. Aluminum consumption can also be associated with the development of bone disorders, including stress fractures.

Also known as tartrazine, FD&C Yellow Aluminum Lake is a chemical concoction derived from coal tar. It is known to be a reproductive toxin. All artificial colors contain Aluminum Lake, so when your child gets to pick between red, blue or green medicine, they're really choosing which poison they get to consume. Several chemically enhanced food colorings contain ammonia and therefore produce compounds proven to cause various cancers in animal studies, according to CSPI, the Center for Science in the Public Interest. (http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm)

Most widely used food colors and their damaging actions:

• Blue #1: Research shows it causes kidney tumors in mice.

• Blue #2: Research shows even higher incidence of tumors, specifically gliomas in male rates (a type of tumor that starts in the brain or spine).

• Red #2: Toxic to rodents, even at modest levels, and causes tumors of the bladder.

• Red #3: FDA recognized it in 1990 as a cause of thyroid cancer in animals. It was banned in cosmetics, but still allowed in food and medicine.

• Red #40: Most popular dye of all. Debilitates the immune-system in mice. Allergic reactions common.

• Green #3: Causes bladder and testes tumors.

• Yellow #5: Affects behavior and induces severe hypersensitivity reactions.

• Yellow #6: Causes adrenal tumors in animals.

The following is taken directly from FDA's Regulatory Process and Historical Perspectives: "Color additives are important components of many products, making them attractive, appealing, appetizing, and informative. Added color serves as a kind of code that allows us to identify products on sight, like candy flavors and medicine dosages." Really?! Decoding medicine dosages on sight?

There has been a 55% increase in U.S. toxic food dyes just since the year 2000. There are over 15 million pounds of dyes put in foods, drinks, candy and medicine every year, and the FDA does nothing to protect consumers from the colorful barrage of poison. (http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/food/artificial-food-colors.htm)

Studies reveal that children have consumed as much as three pounds of dye by the age of twelve

Here are some popular product and "brand" names you may mistake as exempt products: RD&C dyes and colors in baked goods, beverages, candy, cereal, drugs, pet food, personal care products, cosmetics, cough syrups, NyQuil,Tylenol, Robitussin,Jello, gelatins, Cheetos, Skittles, Fruity Pebbles, Marachino cherries, sausage, Mountain Dew, Doritos, chewing gum, and powdered drink mixes.

American companies doing business in Europe currently have to change their products to natural colorings to meet European Union strict regulations. The FDA's rationale is that because artificial food colorings are used mainly in foods and medicines of low or no nutritional value, that the American public should "already be aware" of health implications, so it doesn't matter if other toxins are added.

What are your options as opposed to poisonous medicines? Consult a naturopath (ND) for advice on ingredients in food and medicine.


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 My kids had a sleepover last night, so we relented and let them have Doritos and soda.

 They all had drunken reactions!  They were pretending to pass gas, pretending to burp, laughing uncontrollably, falling down.  It was textbook red dye episode.  (they had lots of fun, but next time I'll make home made popcorn and lemonade)

Lol, pretending to pass gas... thats novel. I thought children did that anyways , regardless of red dye. But sure, I guess it was the red dye.

 My kids had a sleepover last night, so we relented and let them have Doritos and soda.

 They all had drunken reactions!  They were pretending to pass gas, pretending to burp, laughing uncontrollably, falling down.  It was textbook red dye episode.  (they had lots of fun, but next time I'll make home made popcorn and lemonade)

Elizabeth,
Are you talking tongue-in-cheek here about blaming this normalcy on artificial food dyes?  
Let me guess - you have boys! If I'm right, that means you probably had at least 3 boys there, yours (at least 2 since you use the plural) and at least one more. That is a recipe for this type of humor and general silliness.  It sounds like they enjoyed themselves. Your description gave me an enjoyable laugh.

BTW, we've limited artificial food dyes for years and will continue to do so, even though we usually have to pay a premium price. It's pretty annoying that a similar product without a dye costs more. Thank goodness popcorn is inexpensive.  Oh wait, I pay more for that too, since I buy organic popcorn.    

   

I have a book called murder by injection by Eustace Mullins and there is quite a bit in there about food coloring. One of my in-laws is also a microbiologist who works for one of the big food companies. He assured me that food coloring was bad, but that didn't stop us from taking the kids to Baskin Robbins.