[Obadiah]

One extrapolation from the pig studies was the estimate that a 165-pound adult would have to drink 353 12-ounce cans of soda per day for 42 days to have detectable bromine in his/her fat.

The new Alar scare of our times.

Just to sharpen the point a bit, a 165-pound man would have to consume 33 gallons of soda every day for 42 straight days just to have any detectable bromine.

Man, people are gullable. I'm beginning to think people like to be scared. They like to be frightened just so they can do SOMETHING and thereby feel in control.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Bromides displace iodine in the thyroid and other tissues. Fat is not the issue.