What comes to mind when you hear the term E numbers? Hyperactive children? Or a simple labelling system for food additives? In this week’s Chemistry in its element podcast, Brian Clegg admits that while the health worries over tartrazine –  perhaps the most famous E number of all – might be justified, it brightens up our lives in other ways.

                  

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