Posted on 11/24/2014 1:08:31 PM PST by John David Powell
Ever notice how people wear breathing masks and other protective gear when handling pesticides?
That’s because you do not want to get this stuff on ya or in ya. Trust us. This stuff is aimed to kill.
So why, then, until just recently were soft drink makers putting it in their products?
Ok, to be fair, they were using brominated vegetable oil. BVO is an emulsifier. In other words, it distributes all of those fake flavors so we don’t have to shake the bottle.
But like the sign says, studies suggest BVO hinders brain development, reduces fertility, and could cause cancer.
BVO started showing up in soft drinks in the 1930’s before folks thought much about what might be in their food.
Nowadays you don’t even have to think about it.
You can just go onto the web and search out sites like the Environmental Working Group all sorts of food containing chemicals you might not want to consume.
But that’s up to you.
The Food Babe is another resource. She pointed out products that contain BVO, even after Coke and Pepsi dumped it from Powerade and Mountain Dew.
The Whole Foods folks also have a long list of ingredients they find objectionable. Bromides made the list, including bromated flour, and calcium bromate used to bleach flour.
Now do not go running off thinking we are telling you not to eat this stuff.
That is totally up to you, because the issue is not as simple as black and white. It’s mostly food for thought.
One of the problems with bromine is that it replaces iodine in the body, which has effects on the thyroid, and everything that the thyroid regulates.
It’s got Electrolytes!
I think the author needs to take a bromide and lay down.
Yet another good reson why I’m glad we cut out processed/prepared foods.
LOL, “Idiocracy”
It’s what plants crave!
The food babe is a moron. I do not read anything by her, nor by anyone dumb enough to consider her a resource.
I like money. Do you want to be my friend?
Sure, y’know I really could go for a Starbucks right now.
I think just avoiding soda in general remedies this... and eating food where you recognize all the ingredients.
I hate to throw actual science in this. The LD50 of BVO is 2000 mg/kg. the means that 50% of the population wod die of a lethal dose if they drank enough of this. Since the max concentration of BVO is 15 parts per million, to reach LD50, you’d have to drink 83000 cans of Mountain Dew.
Corn starch is also a flame retardant as is Bakjng soda and carbon dioxide.
Don’t let these scare tactics fool you.
No, I’m not a food chemist. I just have more than passing knowledge about how to read and decipher a MSDS. They are not written for the average person to understand and can lead to needless fears.
Can’t be worse than sucralose.
How dare you introduce facts and logic into a panic riddled diatribe!
/sarc>
CC
Well I wish it would have decreased my fertility sooner...now I need to get surgery to stop it.
BAN DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE NOW!!!!
Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) is a colorless and odorless chemical compound, also referred to by some as Dihydrogen Oxide, Hydrogen Hydroxide, Hydronium Hydroxide, or simply Hydric acid. Its basis is the highly reactive hydroxyl radical, a species shown to mutate DNA, denature proteins, disrupt cell membranes, and chemically alter critical neurotransmitters. The atomic components of DHMO are found in a number of caustic, explosive and poisonous compounds such as Sulfuric Acid, Nitroglycerine and Ethyl Alcohol.
DHMO is a constituent of many known toxic substances, diseases and disease-causing agents, environmental hazards and can even be lethal to humans in quantities as small as a thimbleful.
Historically, the dangers of DHMO, for the most part, have been considered minor and manageable. While the more significant dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide are currently addressed by a number of agencies including FDA, FEMA and CDC, public awareness of the real and daily dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide is lower than some think it should be.
Each year, Dihydrogen Monoxide is a known causative component in many thousands of deaths and is a major contributor to millions upon millions of dollars in damage to property and the environment. Some of the known perils of Dihydrogen Monoxide are:
Death due to accidental inhalation of DHMO, even in small quantities.
Prolonged exposure to solid DHMO causes severe tissue damage.
Excessive ingestion produces a number of unpleasant though not typically life-threatening side-effects.
DHMO is a major component of acid rain.
Gaseous DHMO can cause severe burns.
Contributes to soil erosion.
Leads to corrosion and oxidation of many metals.
Contamination of electrical systems often causes short-circuits.
Exposure decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes.
Found in biopsies of pre-cancerous tumors and lesions.
Given to vicious dogs involved in recent deadly attacks.
Despite the known dangers of DHMO, it continues to be used daily by industry, government, and even in private homes across the U.S. and worldwide. Some of the well-known uses of Dihydrogen Monoxide are:
as an industrial solvent and coolant,
in nuclear power plants,
by the U.S. Navy in the propulsion systems of some older vessels,
by elite athletes to improve performance,
in the production of Styrofoam,
in biological and chemical weapons manufacture,
in the development of genetically engineering crops and animals,
as a spray-on fire suppressant and retardant,
in so-called “family planning” or “reproductive health” clinics,
as a major ingredient in many home-brewed bombs,
as a byproduct of hydrocarbon combustion in furnaces and air conditioning compressor operation,
historically, in Hitler’s death camps in Nazi Germany, and in prisons in Turkey, Serbia, Croatia, Libya, Iraq and Iran, in World War II prison camps in Japan, and in prisons in China, for various forms of torture, by many terrorist organizations including al Quaeda,
in community swimming pools to maintain chemical balance,
in day care centers, purportedly for sanitary purposes,
in animal research laboratories, and
in pesticide production and distribution.
What you may find surprising are some of the products and places where DHMO is used, but which for one reason or another, are not normally made part of public presentations on the dangers to the lives of our family members and friends. Among these startling uses are:
as an additive to food products, including jarred baby food and baby formula, and even in many soups, carbonated beverages and supposedly “all-natural” fruit juices
in cough medicines and other liquid pharmaceuticals,
in spray-on oven cleaners,
in shampoos, shaving creams, deodorants and numerous other bathroom products,
in bathtub bubble products marketed to children,
as a preservative in grocery store fresh produce sections,
in the production of beer by all the major beer distributors,
in the coffee available at major coffee houses in the US and abroad,
PS... if you get this far, the chemical shorthand for Dihydrogen monoxide is H2O AKA..... WATER
If something I eat or drink doesn’t kill me or make me vioently ill within 15 minutes, I have no problem with it.
oh whatever. More affectations from the stupid rich. Yes you - rich American (whatever your socioeconomic status is).
A mere three generations ago many Americans had a hard time finding enough calories. They drank crappy water. They got sick. They were hungry. And now they just shake their heads at us. Much of the rest of the worlds shakes their heads at us.
I’m all for eating healthy food but this ‘article’ is the epitome of breathless non-science.
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