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  1. You scared me, I thought this would be about coffee, tea, Raw Milk, Bloody Mary’s, and Screw Drivers!

  2. Frankly, soft drinks, including low- and no-calorie options, are safe and do not cause the litany of conditions outlined here. To clarify some of the many inaccurate statements featured in this article:

    1) The FDA has noted there is no reason whatsoever for any health concerns regarding caramel coloring – a position that is supported by regulatory agencies around the world.

    2) Along similar lines, there is no scientific evidence to support the claim that kidney issues are uniquely caused by soda intake. Kidney health relates to many factors, including gender, ethnicity, family history and more.

    3) And, just as our general health is complex, so too is our dental health which is influenced by oral hygiene, lifestyle, behavior, access to dental care, etc. It’s not
    uniquely caused by beverage consumption. Fortunately, we can prevent and minimize damage by flossing and brushing our teeth regularly and keeping routine dental appointments.

    Despite the assertions outlined here, the fact remains that soft drinks have repeatedly proven safe for consumption. Credible scientific research conducted over decades has verified the safety of these products and their ingredients, which is precisely why they are approved by regulatory agencies around the globe, including the FDA.
    -American Beverage Association

    1. JOHN BISCIT says:

      I guess we should expect this from “American Beverage Association”?
      Who actually posts this completely biased view? Do all the members of
      this organization sanction your posts? If so interested people should
      check out this sight http://www.ameribev.org/members/active-members/
      and consider boycotting these brands.

    2. JOHN BISCIT says:

      “The FDA has noted there is no reason whatsoever for any health concerns regarding caramel coloring”

      Caramel Color in Soft Drinks and Exposure to 4-Methylimidazole: A Quantitative Risk Assessment

      The U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) assessed the carcinogenicity
      of 4-MEI in male and female mice and rats using two-year feeding studies
      in 2007, concluding that there was “clear evidence of carcinogenic
      activity in male and female mice”, based on increases in adenomas and
      carcinomas of the lung in exposed mice relative to controls, and
      “equivocal evidence of carcinogenic activity in female rats”, based on
      increases in leukemia in exposed female rats relative to controls [12]. No evidence of carcinogenicity was found in male rats [12].
      Based on the NTP studies, the International Agency for Research on
      Cancer classified 4-MEI as Group 2B, or “possibly carcinogenic to
      humans”, indicating sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in
      experimental animals while no human data were available [13]
      from:
      http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0118138
      No reason?
      But what do you expect from a government agency who is in bed with all these multi billion dollar, power hungry soda companies!

    3. JOHN BISCIT says:

      “Along similar lines, there is no scientific evidence to support the
      claim that kidney issues are uniquely caused by soda intake.”
      The writer here did not say or imply that- read it again.

    4. JOHN BISCIT says:

      “Is there a risk from eating foods that contain 4-MEI?

      Based on the available information, FDA has no reason to believe that
      there is any immediate or short-term danger presented by 4-MEI at the
      levels expected in food from the use of caramel coloring.”

      The only safe here is FDA’s attempt to dupe the public. And they don’t say anything about the long term because they just don’t know.

    5. JOHN BISCIT says:

      “Frankly, soft drinks, including low- and no-calorie options, are safe”
      Please define “safe”

  3. JOHN BISCIT says:

    Coloring used in some sodas poses cancer risk to consumers, study suggests

    Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future,
    Consumer Reports analyze soda consumption data, urge FDA limits on
    potential carcinogen

    Public health researchers looking at U.S. soda drinking habits warn that many people may be regularly exposing themselves to a potentially cancer-causing byproduct of the caramel coloring used in some types of soda.

    Building on an analysis of 4-MEI concentrations in 12 different soft drinks first published by Consumer Reports in 2014, researchers led by a team at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
    estimated exposure to 4-MEI from caramel-colored soft drinks and modeled the potential cancer burden related to routine soft drink consumption levels in the U.S.

    The results of their research were published online Wednesday in PLOS One.

    “Soft drink consumers are being exposed to an avoidable and unnecessary cancer risk from an ingredient that is being added to these beverages simply for aesthetic purposes,” says Keeve Nachman, senior author of the study, director of the Food Production and Public
    Health Program at the center, and an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
    “This unnecessary exposure poses a threat to public health and raises
    questions about the continued use of caramel coloring in soda.”

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