Rejected petition Remove all artificial colours (E numbers) from children's medicines.

Many medicines for children and babies contain dangerous E numbers. Infant Calpol has E122; a colour which has been found to cause health issues, behavioural problems and hyperactivity in children. The FSA advises against giving such colourings to children. Natural colours should be used instead.

More details

There are numerous studies & info on this,so here are just a few:
http://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/multimedia/pdfs/labellingcoloursreg13332008.pdf
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2013/10October/Pages/Call-to-ban-additives-in-childrens-medicines.aspx
http://www.webmd.boots.com/add-adhd/guide/food-dye-adhd
http://www.feingold.org/Research/PDFstudies/E-numbers.pdf
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/children/10395491/Additives-in-Calpol-should-be-banned-due-to-hyperactivity-in-children.html

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Date submitted 29 February 2016
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