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Re: Forwarded:: PA FIELD TESTS APPROVED BY EPA
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> Please pardon me if this article is not applicable for this
> list, but this article is a LITTLE scary to me and I'm not
> usually much of an alarmist. If these food color dyes are
> currently approved for "human" use, and (yet) their reaction with
> sun light is strong enough to kill some pretty hardy insects,
> what (surface/internal damage) are they currently doing to
> humans?? A small but significant percentage of many wavelengths
> of light penetrate far into the body. So much so, that there is
> currently some research on using intense light to replace x-rays
> for some internal body imaging.
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> I wonder where these dyes are stored in the mammalian body -
> in fat (e.g. breast tissue)? When I'm out at the beach or
> working in my yard, am I contributing to my potential for skin
> cancer, not just because I'm exposed to (U.V in) sunlight, but
> also because of what I have eaten or applied to my body? Of
> course, this is not a new concept, but I'm surprised that the FDA
> so readily gave approval to a concept without (apparent)
> consideration as to what products may already contain these dyes
> and to what may already be occurring to the general population.
> There are a LOT of cancer rates that are increasing at somewhat
> alarming rates with no "concrete" explanation(s).
>
> Whew, sorry I was so wordy,
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> Joel Baumbaugh (Baumbaug@nosc.mil)
> Naval Research and Development (NRaD)
> San Diego, CA
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>
> Std. disclaimers apply here. The Navy, the federal government
> and my supervisors have not reviewed, nor do they necessarily
> agree with my opinions or conclusions.
>
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> Forwarded mail follows:
> Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 12:47:40 -0400
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> Subject: PA FIELD TESTS APPROVED BY EPA
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> FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1995
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> FIELD TESTS APPROVED BY EPA FOR POTENTIAL
> REPLACEMENT OF MALATHION FRUIT FLY PESTICIDE
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> EPA has approved an experimental use permit for large-scale field
> tests of a formulation of light-activated red dye, which has
> shown high potential for killing certain target pests in
> preliminary lab and field trials by researchers of the U.S.
> Department of Agriculture. SureDye (tradename), the new product
> may be a replacement for the pesticide malathion, now used in
> bait sprays to control fruit fly pests in the United States. The
> field tests will be carried out in California (oranges), Hawaii
> (coffee), and Texas (grapefruit) by the Agricultural Research
> Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The red dye is
> mixed with a yellow dye that apparently works as a synergist.
> Both dyes have been approved for use by the Food and Drug
> Administration for products such as soap, lipstick, antacid
> medications and other drugs and cosmetics. In earlier tests,
> fruit flies in Hawaii and Texas ate tiny amounts of SureDye in
> sugar water and died after a few hours of exposure to light. As
> sunlight penetrates the insect's cuticle or body covering, the
> dye apparently collects the solar energy. The energy changes to
> a form that excites oxygen molecules, disabling the insect's
> cells to function and killing it. The dye concentrations in the
> preliminary tests were much smaller than the malathion
> concentrations currently used in bait sprays.
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