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The US Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, just announced it plans to "phase out some artificial dyes used in foods.
美国食品药品监督管理局（简称FDA）刚刚宣布，“计划逐步禁止某些用于食品的人工色素，
Foods like cereals, candy, beverages, and even some medicines."
比如麦片、糖果、饮料等食品，甚至一些药物。”
The reason concerns about the dye's impact on our health.
原因涉及人工色素对我们健康的影响。
These synthetic dyes are a group of chemicals derived from petroleum.
这些合成色素是一组从石油中提取的化学品。
Yes, as in the fossil fuel that's also used in the gas in many of our cars.
是的，就是那种化石燃料，就是我们的许多汽车用的汽油。
They're there for cosmetic reasons.
使用人工色素就是为了好看。
They have no actual function in the cereal other than to make it attractive. And there's research that shows,
色素在麦片中没有实际作用，只是为了让麦片更有食欲。有研究表明，
that people like brightly colored foods.
人们喜欢颜色鲜艳的食物。
They think they taste better.
人们认为这种食物味道更好。
Um, and they much prefer them.
而且人们更喜欢这种食物。
When cereal companies have taken the dyes out of the cereals and put in natural dyes instead, people don't buy them.
当麦片公司去除了人工色素并使用天然色素时，人们不再购买这种麦片了。
The Consumer Brands Association, a group that represents the companies that make a lot of packaged food, says that the ingredients have been rigorously studied and were demonstrated to be safe.
消费品品牌协会是一个代表包装食品制造商的组织，该组织表示，这些成分已经过严格研究，并被证明是安全的。
But research in animals has shown otherwise.
但动物研究显示情况并非如此。
Now the FDA says it will work with these companies to remove the dyes, rather than going through Congress to make laws restricting them.
现在美国食品药品监督管理局表示，将与这些制造商合作，不再使用人工色素，而不是通过国会制定法律来限制色素使用。
We are simply asking American food companies to replace petroleum-based food dyes with natural ingredients for American children,
我们只是要求美国食品公司用天然成分取代从石油提取的食品色素，这样做是为了美国儿童，
just as they already do for children in other countries.
就像其他国家为本国儿童所做的那样。
