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
Government lawyers are scheduled to reply to her petition a week after Tax Day.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
The activists are securing signatures for a petition hoping to amend Ohio’s constitution to prohibit medium-to-large data centers over 25 megawatts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Last week, the California Coastkeeper Alliance filed a petition asking the State Water Resources Control Board to throw out the facility’s water discharge permit.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
It gave the Vanderbeeker kids the perfect opportunity to collect signatures for their petition while their parents were gone.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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