Submitted on Monday 29th February 2016
Rejected on Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
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.
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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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
If you would like the use of E numbers in children's medicines to be banne din the UK, we could accept a petition calling for that.
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