Put that Pepsi Down!

[Nobunaga]

Caution: Some soft drinks may seriously harm your health:

A new health scare erupted over soft drinks last night amid evidence they may cause serious cell damage. Research from a British university suggests a common preservative found in drinks such as Fanta and Pepsi Max has the ability to switch off vital parts of DNA.

... can eventually lead to cirrhosis of the liver and degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's.

... Sodium benzoate has already been the subject of concern about cancer because when mixed with the additive vitamin C in soft drinks, it causes benzene, a carcinogenic substance.

http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article2586652.ece

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Razor-thin TV screen you can wear as a T-shirt: (This is cool!)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... ge_id=1965

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Torture, Al-Qaeda Style: (from manual found in Al-Qaeda base of operations) .... (some disturbing images, so the queasy should perhaps avoid this site)

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/ye ... ture1.html

[freezie]

As long as cream soda, coca-cola and Dr Peper are alright...

[hecter]

Honestly, I don't care. *chugs Pepsi*

[Serbia]

I don't like Pepsi anyway. And I know pop is bad for me. But, call it my tobacco.

[wcaclimbing]

Pepsi is nasty
drink Coke.

[EvilPurpleMonkey]

My opinion?
Sucks.
Cool!
Disturbing.

[pancakemix]

Dr. Pepper is where it's at.

[EvilPurpleMonkey]

Wow! In the time it took me to read that and write one post, this thread exploded.

[Serbia]

haha I only skimmed the first part.

That torture thing is serious. Kinda puts things in perspective, when you talk about torture.

Al Qaeda terrorists - torture
Gitmo - not torture

can't call it both torture.

[Nobunaga]

... I've been looking forward to Dr. Pepper for 10 years... It's not available in Japan, but I'm heading home soon . . . .

... It's "black-listed" as dangerous in this study, but I think I might risk my health for a huge, ice cold Dr. Pepper!

...

[Great Pretender]

is "Dry Ginger Ale" ok to drink?

[pancakemix]

Dr. Pepper is worth Parkinsons.

[Nobunaga]

is "Dry Ginger Ale" ok to drink?

.... Look at the ingredients on the thing. If it says sodium benzoate, it's gonna kill you!

[Serbia]

anyone here familiar with Faygo?

[Nobunaga]

... Faygo.... rings a bell.

.... Interesting that this study is from the UK. I wonder how much coverage this will get in the States. (and wonder how much Coke, Pepsi, etc... give as donations to congressmen) (always a cynic)

[chewyman]

What about Diet Coke?

[pancakemix]

What about Diet Coke?

I use Diet Coke strictly for use with Mentos.

[Serbia]

What about Diet Coke?

I use Diet Coke strictly for use with Mentos.

'bout all it's good for

[Nobunaga]

... So... the terrorists should be adding Coke to that Torture Manual...

[strike wolf]

... I've been looking forward to Dr. Pepper for 10 years... It's not available in Japan, but I'm heading home soon . . . .

... It's "black-listed" as dangerous in this study, but I think I might risk my health for a huge, ice cold Dr. Pepper!

...

As long as Coca-cola/sprite isn't blacklisted.

[DirtyDishSoap]

Pepsi is nasty
drink Coke.

[sfhbballnut]

The reason we have these health scares is because the testing is illogical. Yes if you ate a 5 pound bag of artificial sweetener everyday you might get cancer or if you drank the preservative in those soft drinks by the gallon for years you'd have health problems, but no one does so theres not a problem

[parno4u]

i like coke and dr.pepper. and pepsi

[JoeCorden]

... I've been looking forward to Dr. Pepper for 10 years... It's not available in Japan, but I'm heading home soon . . . .

... It's "black-listed" as dangerous in this study, but I think I might risk my health for a huge, ice cold Dr. Pepper!

...

As long as Coca-cola/sprite isn't blacklisted.

I think Sprite was one of the main ones, I'm not sure about coke, I only read the first few lines.

[DirtyDishSoap]

Sprite?

You're kidding me....