U.S. health agencies announced that the food industry will begin "phasing out" eight artificial food dyes in the coming years ...

Methylene blue is a synthetic dye with versatile applications in medicine, chemistry, and industry. Originally developed in the 19th century by Heinrich Caro, this substance was first used in the ...

We defined an intraoperative leak (IOL) as visualization of methylene blue dye outside of the colon (in the operative field). Postoperative leaks (POL) are defined clinically as a constellation of ...