California Governor Gavin Newsom is said to have signed a bill banning Skittles and other candies in the state.
Bans or warnings about food products can often cause confusion, with claims about the harm of controversial ingredients leading to misinformation online.The World Health Organization caused a stir this year after announcing that aspartame, an ingredient found in Diet Coke, was a potential carcinogen, later saying that an adult weighing 70kg would need to drink between nine and 14 cans a day to 'exceed the acceptable daily intake.
These four additives are found in thousands of foods, as stated by the Environmental Working Group, a non-profit activist organization that, among other roles, profiles additive lists for food products listed across the U.S.The ban would prohibit the use of the listed chemicals above but does not outright ban products that contain them.
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