By Maria Cendejas

According to NaturalNews, Aluminum Lake food coloring is used to heavily coat liquid medicines for children.  It contains a unsafe amounts of aluminum and harmful synthetic petrochemicals. These petrochemicals are carcinogens that contain petroleum, antifreeze and ammonia. 

Aluminum poisoning can lead to long and short term central nervous system damage, like memory damage, autism, epilepsy, mental retardation, and dementia.

The research shows that 4 parts per million or ppm of aluminum can cause the blood to coagulate, which causes Alzheimer's disease. Aluminum use can also be linked with the development of bone disorders.

Known as tartrazine, FD&C Yellow Aluminum Lake is a chemical mixture resulting from coal tar.  It is known to be a reproductive toxin. All artificial colors contain Aluminum Lake. According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, several chemically enhanced food colorings contain ammonia and produce compounds proven to cause various cancers in animal studies.

Most used food colors and their damaging actions:

• Blue #1: the research shows that it causes kidney tumors in mice.

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

• Red #2: its toxic to rodents, and can cause tumors of the bladder.

• Red #3: 1990 the FDA recognized it caused thyroid cancer in animals, and it was banned in cosmetics, but it was still allowed to be used in food and medicine.

• Red #40: Debilitates the immune-system in mice. Allergic reactions are common.

• Green #3: Causes bladder and testes tumors.

• Yellow #5: it affects the behavior and causes harsh hypersensitivity reactions.

• Yellow #6: Causes adrenal tumors in animals.

This comes from the 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.’’

Since 2000, there has been a 55% boost in U.S. toxic food dyes. Every year there is over 15 million pounds of dyes put in foods, candy and medicine. The FDA has not done anything to protect customers from the colorful barrage of poison. 

By the age of 12, the study reveals that your children already have consumed as much as 3 pounds of dye.

How to avoid aluminum-based colors?

Read labels carefully.  Chances are good that artificial colors contain aluminum.  Labels do not always tell the truth in a plain language.  Aluminum the word may not appear on the labels.  A rule of thumbs is, very bright colorful colors likely contain artificial colors with aluminum.

Also remember that not just artificial colorings contain aluminum.  Lots of phosphates used in bakery goods contain lots of aluminum.  Baking powder often contains aluminum as well while baking soda generally does not contain aluminum).