Proud of this contribution to today's Morning Rounds — and not just because I managed to get "squeezed from the teat of a beet" into the newsletter.

Reminder: Everything is chemicals, no matter if we've decided that it is "natural" or "petroleum-based," and that has no bearing on how "healthy" it is. (Remember that petroleum is also derived from natural sources! It's from delayed plant and animal matter! Everything is chemicals!)

Read more in the newsletter, and click those links to the fantastic Chemical and Engineering News stories underlying the vanilla and food dye production facts: https://www.statnews.com/2026/02/06/health-news-what-even-is-a-natural-dye/

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