Posted on 03/06/2012 12:42:28 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
In a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the consumer watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest called on officials to ban the use of caramel coloring in popular soft drinks, citing a possible cancer risk.
This isnt the first time that CSPI has targeted the food additive that gives colas, including Coke and Pepsi, their familiar brown color.
But the far bigger worry for soda drinkers remains high-fructose corn syrup and other sugars used in soft drinks. "Soda drinkers are much more likely than non-soda drinkers to develop weight gain, obesity, diabetes and other health problems," CSPI's statement explained.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
More BS....
” Left wingers cause strokes in otherwise normal people....details at 11. “
Oh, for heaven’s sake! Walking around in the sunshine can cause cancer.
In honor of the findings of this “consumer group” ,I’m going to slam a 2 liter bottle of Coke Zero.
More unadulterated slop from the Center for Socialism in the Public Interest.
chicken, eggs, caffeine ...
This could be a very long list.
Would this be possible should we get a Republican Pres, Senate, and Congress? —> an END to these idiotic studies ... PERIOD...
As Rush would say, “Follow the money.”
>> Left wingers cause strokes in otherwise normal people....”
ROFL! Ain’t THAT the truth...
“cancer causing” and “possible cancer risk” are two completely different things.
Just about everything is a possbile cancer risk according to the ambulance chasers and leftist do-gooders.
It does????!!!!!
...Yeah and the Phosphoric acid......
This is why I only drink beer.
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Why did I know it was them?
The FDA should automatically file their letters in the circular file and have their emails set to go to Junk e-mail.
‘citing a possible cancer risk’—
POSSIBLE...
so why does the title say- finds cancer link???
Liberals have been around forever - what I wonder is why to we listen to them today? Seems America did not listen to them for 200 years and now everyday, in every way they get the headlines.
And just where would this contraband be located?
"Chinese food: the new yellow peril"
"movie popcorn: kernels of death"
"fried chicken: heart attack with a beak"
"Food Porn: Mayonnaise Money Shot"
"the Bugermeister Meisterburger toyless Sadness Meal"
Don’t forget DDT. Which has been shown to be harmless.
You’ve heard of skin cancer? Hmmmm?
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