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California became the first state in the nation to prohibit four food additives found in popular cereal, soda, candy and drinks after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a ban on them Saturday.

The California Food Safety Act will ban the manufacture, sale or distribution of brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben and red dye No. 3 — potentially affecting 12,000 products that use those substances, according to the Environmental Working Group.

The legislation was popularly known as the “Skittles ban” because an earlier version also targeted titanium dioxide, used as a coloring agent in candies including Skittles, Starburst and Sour Patch Kids, according to the Environmental Working Group. But the measure, Assembly Bill 418, was amended in September to remove mention of the substance.

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[-] HelloHotel@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Roundup is about as toxic as tablesalt

there's a medium artificial with the same title if anyone is interested. (1 minute google search)

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

For sure, a must read. The OP who referred to it, clearly didn't. Not you, Hello Hotel, thanks for the link.

[-] PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You seem to have missed my meaning.

I have no disagreement with that article, except the tone.

I hadn't heard about the article before, but frankly, the topic is part of what I was trying to convey.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago
[-] PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That it's not as simple as saying "something is as safe as table salt"?

You seem to have missed that.

And how does me saying I agree with that article not correct your misconception?

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago

Roundup is about as toxic as tablesalt. Caffeine is vastly more toxic than that. And Tylenol, well, that simply wouldn’t be approved if it were invented today. The ratio between the therapeutic dose and the lethal dose is too small.

The explanation by the PhD basically explains how your argument is absolutely flawed.

[-] PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Can you read! For fucks sake!

You've missed the whole point of the post.

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