petition
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A 2022 color additive petition filed by two dozen food safety and health advocates found that Red Dye No. 3 caused cancer in laboratory male rats exposed to high levels of the dye.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
The administrative-law judge ultimately denied Sleca’s petition for abandonment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Government lawyers are scheduled to reply to her petition a week after Tax Day.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
A petition with more than 3,300 signatures — more than half of them CSU students, staff or faculty — is circulating to call for an to end to the partnership.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
After the meeting, a network of two thousand women set off on a nationwide mission to collect signatures on a petition urging Congress to pass the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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