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Health experts are calling on the United States to catch up with the international community and ban potentially dangerous additives in food.
Last week, California became the first state to take a major legal step in ridding food of cancer-causing additive ingredients.
Gov Gavin Newsom signed the so-called ‘Skittles ban’ Saturday, which outlaws four popular additives that have been linked to kidney, thyroid and gastrointestinal cancer and mood disorders.
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I am a reporter and digital producer for the Civic section of U.S. News & World Report, where I write about breaking news. I came to U.S. News in 2016 as a researcher and writer for the Rankings and Reviews section and in 2017, joined the news team, where I helped launch America 2020. I have previously worked for LifeZette.com as a reporter and social media specialist and was an editor for several outlets at my alma mater. I am a graduate of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park. You can follow me on Twitter (@arlardieri) and Facebook (/AlexaRLardieri) or connect with me on LinkedIn (/in/alexa-lardieri). View more posts
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