The food and drink additives, which have been linked to health issues, could be removed from products nationwide as a result of the new law.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that bans four food additives linked to health problems, the first time a state has outlawed chemicals allowed by the Food and Drug Administration.

Starting in 2027, California will prohibit red dye No. 3, potassium bromate, brominated vegetable oil and propylparaben after Newsom, a Democrat, signed Assembly Bill 418 into law Saturday. All four ingredients have been made illegal in the European Union and some other parts of the world, but they can be found in commonly sold items in the U.S., such as some brands of orange soda, icing, hamburger rolls, candies and processed foods.

The chemicals have been associated with issues from hyperactivity in children to cancer.

  • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Had to Google these:

    Potassium bromate is in flour and baked goods.

    Brominated vegetable oil is in certain sodas.

    Propylparaben is in certain packaged snacks like trail mix and muffins

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      Potassium Bromate is used in many industrial baking products, it strengthens gluten. This is important commercially because it gives a stronger bread product in a shorter time. The regular flour you buy for home use does not contain it, though some ‘bread mixes’ have, at least previously.

      It’s great that it is being banned, it should have been a long time ago.

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            At what dosage/concentration for how long though. I’ve seen studies like this with rat tumors. But in a few I remember, you’d have to consume an inhumanly impossible amount daily for years to be equivalent to what they were forcing on rats.

            Either way, I’m all for less toxic shit in the food supply.

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              So the ingredients have been broken down for us, but if we out them back together Red Dye #3 does have proven strange effects in children. (Adults? I dont personally know).

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      Brominated Vegetable Oil is one of the top ingredients in Mountain Dew, and I wouldn’t doubt that Red Dye No. 3 is in the LiveWire version.

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        They stopped using it in 2020 in all PepsiCo products. So at least that’s a move in the right direction.