Word: thiourea
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...connection between cigarette smoking and cancer, the panel nevertheless put the spotlight on other possible causes-widely used food dyes and additives. Three food dyes have already been generally banned in the West: "Butter yellow" (used for butter and olive oil), "light green SF" (for green peas), and thiourea (used to prevent oranges from spoiling). Last year the U.S. Food and Drug Administration discovered that three of 18 approved synthetic dyes had caused cancer in animals; 31,000 lbs. of the dangerous dyes had already been consumed by the U.S. public. Warned Britain's Eric Boyland: "All synthetic food...
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