A new bill being proposed in Florida could ban Skittles and other treats containing certain chemical additives.
Some of the banned additives include Yellow 5, also called tartrazine, and Blue 1. Both of the food dyes are used in Skittles.
Those two ingredients are used in a number of sweets, cereals, soft drinks, and other food items, according to the FDA. The agency has approved the ingredients, but according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Yellow 5 can prompt hyperactivity in some children while Blue 1 includes a small risk of cancer. The bill also prohibits the use of the synthetic food dye Red 3, which was banned by the FDA last month. That measure came after lab rats exposed to the substance developed cancer.
Some chemicals cause cancer. They have no place in our food. Look at your food labels. Eat organic as much as possible. We should only be consuming actual food, not chemicals.