Michael,
The Soft drink manufacturers were only trying to prevent the occurrence of
spontaneous human combustion...
think of it as a kind of an internal fire extinguisher mechanism.
Yeh, that's it.
Steve C
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An interesting tib-bit a ran across recently...but I still drink Orange
Gatorade
Why has a flame retardant chemical banned in Europe and Japan been used as
an ingredient in North American sodas for decades? If you live in the United
States and drink citrus-flavored sodas such as Mountain Dew, you may be
ingesting this substance that has health professionals up in arms. A
synthetic chemical known as brominated vegetable oil (BVO) - first patented
by chemical companies as a flame retardant - is increasingly being
identified as a threat to your health, but soda companies still have yet to
remove BVO as an ingredient.
Added to about 10% of sodas in North America for decades, BVO has reportedly
led to soda-drinkers experiencing skin lesions, memory loss, and nerve
disorders. Interestingly, these are all the symptoms of overexposure to
bromine. What is most concerning is the fact that studies have found that
BVO can actually build up in human tissue, accumulating in large quantities
over long periods of soda consumption.
Industry Reports Set "Safety Limit" on BVO Is it any surprise that reports
from a group within the industry were instrumental in establishing limits on
what the FDA considers a "safe limit" for BVO in sodas? Scientists have
disputed the supposed safety level, stating that not only is the data frail,
but the research is several decades old and needs to be re-examined.
Meanwhile, soda drinkers are being exposed to this toxic flame retardant
chemical on a daily basis. It is not uncommon for some Americans to drink
upwards of 5-6 sodas per day, and Mountain Dew is a popular choice against
soda lovers.
"Aside from these reports, the scientific data is scarce," said Walter
Vetter, a food chemist at Germany's University of Hohenheim and author of a
recent, but unpublished, study on BVO in European soda imports.
Imagine the amount of BVO that has accumulated in the tissue of a lifelong
soda drinker.
How can you tell which sodas contain BVO? Well, Mountain Dew, Squirt, Fanta
Orange, Sunkist Pineapple, Gatorade Thirst Quencher Orange, and Powerade
Strawberry Lemonade or Fresca Original Citrus all contain BVO. This is a not
a complete list, however, and it is important to check the ingredient list.
Sodas should be avoided regardless of BVO content, as BVO is not the only
ingredient you need to worry about. Many sodas contain mercury-filled
high-fructose corn syrup, or the carcinogenic artificial sweetener
aspartame.
You can even hold a bottle of Mountain Dew up to a light and see the
presence of BVO. BVO creates the cloudy look of the beverage by keeping the
'fruity flavor' mixed into the drink. Without the presence of BVO, the
flavoring would float to the surface and separate.
http://naturalsociety.com/flame-retardant-chemical-banned-in-europe-japan-us
ed-in-u-s-soda-for-decades/
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