Studies show that high doses could cause cancer in rats, but the regulators maintain that no evidence exists that ingesting the coloring causes cancer in humans.
This dye was once so highly prized that bags of the dried bugs were used as currency or as tribute. Spaniards, who colonized these areas, took the cochineal process back to Europe. Cochineal is one of ...
An curved arrow pointing right. Natural dyes from kola nuts and indigo have been used to make tie-dye in Gambia for generations. But more and more artisans have been replacing these traditional ...