California State Senate Advances Landmark Legislation to Ban Use of Dangerous Food Additives
Legislature One Step Closer to Saying Hasta La Vista to Five Dangerous Food Additives Following Endorsement from Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
2 CA bills aim to make teaching social media literacy mandatory for K-12 students
The idea is for students to know what stories are fake on social media.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Two California assembly bills would make teaching media literacy in the classroom mandatory.
Assemblyman Marc Berman from Menlo Park wants to make teaching media literacy mandatory in California schools. Texas, New Jersey, and Delaware already do.
The idea is for students to know what stories are fake on social media. A 2020 survey conducted by Common Sense Media found many can't tell the difference.
Media literacy would be required for California K-12 students under new bill
AB 873 would require media literacy in all California public schools.
Recognizing fake news, being savvy about social media and resisting cyberbullying would be a required part of California school curriculum under a bill now making its way through the Legislature.
New Bill Would Require Media Literacy For All California Students
Recognizing fake news, being savvy about social media and resisting cyberbullying would be a required part of California school curriculum under a bill now making its way through the Legislature.
FDA Requests Authorities, Funding for Systematic Reassessment of Chemical Food Additives
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working toward conducting a modernized, systematic reassessment of chemicals added to foods with a focus on post-market review, explain top agency officials in a recent article. In order to execute this new, data-informed and risk-based approach, however, FDA requires greater funding and additional authorities.
FDA has also outlined an enhanced approach to regulating food chemical safety, in which a new framework for systematic post-market chemical reassessment is included.
California Takes On Candy Makers With Bill Opponents Call the ‘Skittles Ban’
State moves toward barring food additives over health concerns
California lawmakers want to taste a slightly less artificial candy rainbow.
The state Assembly has passed a bill that would ban use of five chemical additives in food products, including a coloring agent found in Skittles—with its “taste the rainbow” slogan—and Red 3, which is used in packaged cookies, frostings and other snacks.
Consumer advocates backing the bill say these additives pose health risks and should be removed. Candy makers say federal regulators, not states, should determine the safety of food additives.
California State Assembly Passes Firearm Tax to Fund School Safety and Gun Violence Prevention Efforts
Measure Would Impose Excise Taxes on the Sale of Guns and Ammunition, Use Proceeds to Fund School Safety and Violence Intervention Programs