Your favorite bright red drinks and candies may soon look different as the Food and Drug Administration banned Red No. 3. The dye is in these products.

Made from petroleum and chemically known as erythrosine, red dye No. 3 is a synthetic color additive used to give foods and beverages a cherry-red color.

The decision arrives nearly 35 years after the dye was prohibited in cosmetics because of potential cancer risk.

Locally elected congressmen and industry representatives said they were encouraged by the energy policies mentioned in President Donald Trump's inauguration address Monday, even as it remains unclear how much influence his administration will have on Sacramento regulations restraining production in oil-rich Kern County.

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The FDA announced on Wednesday that it has banned the use of Red No. 3, an additive used to give food and drinks a cherry-red color.

The FDA announced on Wednesday that it has banned the use of Red No. 3, an additive used to give food and drinks a cherry-red color.

Food companies still have a couple of years to eliminate petroleum-based Red No. 3 from their products ... It's in a lot of foods. The Environmental Working Group has compiled a list of more than 3,000 consumer products that contain Red No. 3, which ...

It’s important to remember that disasters worthy of our attention as Americans are not only natural disasters like wildfires, but those that were man-made, like the Deepwater Horizon explosion in 2010. This occurred on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico which killed 11 workers and released millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf Coast.

While former President Joe Biden made climate change a hallmark of his administration and some of his policies remain, at least for now, Trump is quickly unraveling that.

David Fotouhi, a lawyer who recently challenged a ban on asbestos, worked to roll back climate regulations and water protections while serving in the Environmental Protection Agency during Trump’s first administration.

As an EPA lawyer during Trump’s first term, David Fotouhi helped roll back climate regulations and water protections.