Coke as a rust-reducer, huh? Never thought of sharing a coke with my old
cars!
Peter
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Subject: Re: [TN] Brominated Hydrocarbons and Mountain Dew (NTC-sort of)
Hi Mike,
Brominated vegetable oil is used as an emulsifying agent. As far as I
know, you can't use it in the EU or in Canada because it is believed to be
a carcinogen. Man, I know now that I am sticking with Coke (not quite as
much caffeine, but it's got Phosphoric acid!)
Regards,
Kevin Gaugler
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From: Mcmaster, Michael [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 11:57 AM
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Subject: [TN] Brominated Hydrocarbons and Mountain Dew (NTC-sort of)
This posting has no relevance to circuit boards or assemblies, but
given the amount of discussion on this forum on the drive to
eliminate brominated flame retardants in PWB materials and the
fondness of some regulars for the Dew, I think it's relevant.
The other day, I noticed one of my co-workers drinking a liquid that
was unnaturally bright red. I queried him on exactly what this
liquid was. He replied Mountain Dew Code Red. This led to a
discussion of what exactly was Code Red. A scan of the ingredients
revealed the expected red dye but surprisingly, it also contained
brominated vegetable oil. I immediately asked why the makers of this
product felt it necessary to add an apparent flame retardant to their
product. My co-worker (incidentally a chemist who really should no
better but claims that he somehow manages to compartmentalize all
this stuff) had no idea.
I just thought this whole thing is very ironic. Most of us work in
an industry that is spending millions of dollars trying to remove
bromine from one of the constituents while at the same time you have
a "food" product to which intentionally is added a brominated
hydrocarbon. Does anybody know what purpose the brominated vegetable
oil serves? It also turns out the some component is in regular Dew as
well as diet red dew but not diet regular Dew.
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming....
Mike McMaster
RF Product Engineer
Merix Corporation
503-992-4263
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