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

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

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

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

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.

Timeline

29 Feb 2016	Petition opened for signatures
2 Mar 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 2 Mar 2016

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