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Americans will eat 1 billion Peeps this Easter. A California lawmaker wants to change its ingredients

Peeps' psychedelic pink color is the best thing about the marshmallow treat, but a spoilsport state lawmaker wants to ban erythrosine, a food coloring known as Red No. 3 that's used to give Peeps their vibrant hue.

Erythrosine is linked to cancer and was banned from makeup more than 30 years, ago, according to AP. — Read the rest