Another way soda pop can kill you

[Dzone]

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Are you a Mountain Dew addict? Then know what you're drinking!" BVO is a toxic chemical that is banned in many countries because it competes with iodine for receptor sites in the body, which can lead to hypothyroidism, autoimmune disease, and cancer. The main ingredient, bromine, is a poisonous, corrosive chemical, linked to major organ system damage, birth defects, growth problems, schizophrenia, and hearing loss." U.S. Foods Full of Banned Ingredients

"There’s flame retardant in your Mountain Dew. That soda with the lime-green hue (and other citrus-flavored bubbly pops) won’t keep your insides fireproof, but it does contain brominated vegetable oil, a patented flame retardant for plastics that has been banned in foods throughout Europe and in Japan.

Brominated vegetable oil, or BVO, which acts as an emulsifier in citrus-flavored soda drinks, is found in about 10 percent of sodas sold in the U.S.

'After a few extreme soda binges — not too far from what many [video] gamers regularly consume – a few patients have needed medical attention for skin lesions, memory loss and nerve disorders, all symptoms of overexposure to bromine,' according to a recent article in Environmental News." Flame Retardant in Your Mountain Dew? Yep - ABC News

Image: Does Your Favorite Drink Contain Controversial Ingredient BVO?

[BIGMOFO]

Tweetgood info!

[sensitivenips]

Tweetok...so im curious as to why they even use that chemical in this drink, what could that ingredient possibly do for the flavor of that beverage.

you know im getting irritated that all these mass manufactured companies making drinks, soap, whatever are putting harmful chemicals in stuff we use on a day to day basis. no wonder why the cancer rate is so high these days.

sickening

[MrzDiva]

TweetGood thing this wasn't a diet coke warning. I'd have disowned you Dzone !!!! lol

[sofargone561]

Tweetdid you know that if you mix in baking soda and one other thing into mnt dew if will glow in the dark much brighter then any glod stick? and people put that in ther ebodies!

[MrzDiva]

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did you know that if you mix in baking soda and one other thing into mnt dew if will glow in the dark much brighter then any glod stick? and people put that in ther ebodies!

oOo I wanna see that.. Someone do it and take a picture !

[Miss Springsteen]

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Good thing this wasn't a diet coke warning. I'd have disowned you Dzone !!!! lol

x2!!

[sofargone561]

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[sensitivenips]

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did you know that if you mix in baking soda and one other thing into mnt dew if will glow in the dark much brighter then any glod stick? and people put that in ther ebodies!

that is NUTS GALORE!! i am sooooo doing this this weekend, whats that other ingredient?

[sensitivenips]

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that is NUTS GALORE!! i am sooooo doing this this weekend, whats that other ingredient?

hydrogen peroxide

[sensitivenips]

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hydrogen peroxide

got it, thanks nips!