Talk:Sudan I
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If someone has the time and could search for it, I know I read an article about exactly how much of that sauce you would have to consume before the amount matches what was given to the laboratory animals that got cancer. I think it was in the vincinity of 800 liters.
I looked at a couple of the pubmed article abstracts (PMID: 15766589, PMID: 7548728 (#s 1&13)), and both call Sudan I a carcinogen, not a possible carcinogen. Should the article be changed to reflect that scientists consider it a known carcinogen? Also, they explain that it acts by binding with DNA. I've no idea how concentrated it needs to be; it's the colorant that's toxic, so how concentrated it is in a given sauce could vary greatly - it was a minor ingredient in a minor ingredient in a minor ingredient in a minor ingredient in one sauce, <sic> yet far more concentrated in others. Also, "concentrated it needs to be" for what? A 50% death rate? ( LD50) - Elvey 15:42, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Media coverage
Hi. The "food scare" section claims that the fact that it was not banned until very recently was not mentioned. It definitely was, at least in some TV news bulletins. It did not affect the slant of the reporting though.Pete9804 14:22, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
