Several US states are considering legislation to outlaw common snack foods following revelations these products contain chemical additives linked to cancer.

Among the cancer-causing foods are many products commonly found in pantries in American households, including Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, General Mills’ Lucky Charms cereal, Oreo cookies and and Gatorade.

Some of the artificial dyes targeted by lawmakers have been associated with serious health complications, including Yellow 6, found in Lucky Charms, which has reportedly been linked to adrenal tumors in rats, as well as DNA mutations, while Blue 1 – found in Oreo’s – has raised concerns over potential kidney tumors and nerve cell damage.

According to the Daily Mail, in addition to California’s “Skittles Ban” going into effect in 2027, states such as New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New Jersey and Missouri are also poised to enact some type of ban on carcinogenic food ingredients, which could force sweeping changes in the way the processed foods are produced.

“But some are seeking to go even further than the Golden State,” the Mail notes.

From the Daily Mail:

New York’s bill calls for the ban of azodicarbinamide, used in breads and other baked goods, and butylated hydroxyanisole, a preservative used in processed meats.

And lawmakers in Pennsylvania are calling for multiple food colorings — Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1 and Blue 2 — to be outlawed, due to their links to hyperactivity in children. 

Pennsylvania’s ban is the most far-reaching because it targets five of the food coloring agents that are commonly used to give candies bright, attractive colors or to change the hues of processed foods to make them more appealing. 

This infographic from the Mail lists various problematic snack food items, the chemical additives they contain, and the health complications they can cause.

Consumer Reports food safety director Brian Ronholm noted, “The Food and Drug Administration’s system for ensuring that food additives are safe is broken.”

“There is no consumer confusion on this issue—they want these chemicals out of foods. But when they see that the FDA has not been able to keep up with the latest research, and also see that the industry is already using substitutes in other countries, they recognize that the states are the only ones trying to protect them from toxic food chemicals right now.”

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