Coke Causes cancer?

lcrcboy

Just came across this story on BBC:

Coke and Pepsi alter recipe to avoid cancer warning

Coca-Cola and PepsiCo account for nearly 90% of the US fizzy drink market
Coca-Cola and Pepsi are changing the recipes for their drinks to avoid being legally obliged to put a cancer warning label on the bottle.

The new recipe for caramel colouring in the drinks has less 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI) - a chemical which California has added to its list of carcinogens.

Link to story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17308181

Seachmall

LSD cures alcoholism, weed cures cancer and ecstasy cures PTSD.

Coke causes cancer, tobacco causes cancer and alcohol causes liver failure.



Somewhere down the line we made a very big mistake.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

ecstacy what?

have you ever taken that ****?

Seachmall

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

ecstacy what?

have you ever taken that ****?

PTSD, my bad. Edited post.

Slunk

Read it earlier. Does it not say you need to drink 100+ cans a day to get near the amount givento rats. Non story really. Smoking gives you cancer yet the majority of people still do it. Wont put me off my can of coke

krudler

ah everything gives you fcuking cancer these days

Stercus Accidit

I lived in California for a year, where this story is from, the building I lived in had a cancer warning on it and it was brand new. California puts these cancer warnings on everything, it is ridiculous. Asbestos actually causes cancer, not the building I lived it, or Pepsi or Coke or any number of ridiculous numbers of warnings in Cali. Something as serious as cancer shouldn't end up as a joke because of 'boy who cried wolf' hysterics in California labelling everything including actually dangerous substances.

Being alive causes inevitable death! Stop living now and save yourself!

RichieC

life gives you cancer.

Andy-Pandy

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

ecstacy what?

have you ever taken that ****?

MDMA is one of the safest (and best) drugs known. It is madness that it is illegal.

link

keithclancy

This is f*cking retarded.

Having too much of anything is bad for you, everyone knows that.

E.G. Water Intoxication.
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jan/14/local/me-water14

Or staying out in the Sun is bad for you too, are they going to start putting warnings on Water and Signs all over the place to warn about the sun.

WTF is the world coming to.

amacachi

http://hellokinsella.posterous.com/the-daily-mail-list-of-things-that-give-you-c

Chuck Stone

I want coke and a King Creole.

A King Creole is a pita bread with mayonnaise, shredded lettuce, griddled spicy chicken breast garnished with a handful of chips.

Yummers.

Sindri

Seachmall wrote: »

LSD cures alcoholism, weed cures cancer and ecstasy cures PTSD.

Coke causes cancer, tobacco causes cancer and alcohol causes liver failure.



Somewhere down the line we made a very big mistake.

'Cures'?

If weed cured cancer I'd think I'd know.

It can help in the treatment of cancer as could LSD, but it doesn't cure it. :pac:

Ecstasy doesn't cure PTSD, it could treat it but not cure it.

Solair

I think it's important to put this into perspective. Any roast food or baked goods could contain this chemical. It's not some weird additive, it's a product of cooking!

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-Methylimidazole

Frynge

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I want coke and a King Creole.

i suppose that'll give ya cancer too so.

cocoshovel

Cancer gives you healthy

biko

I think it adds to the satisfaction of being a hugely overpaid CEO for a very successful company if you secretly know your product is killing poor people.

mikeym

It might give Dr James O'Reilly an excuse to tax cola because of the so called "high cancer risk" :rolleyes:

krudler

mikeym wrote: »

It might give Dr James O'Reilly an excuse to tax cola because of the so called "high cancer risk" :rolleyes:

ssshhhh, dont be giving the government more ideas for things to tax!

Dudess

Link between consumption of excessive sugar/preservatives and cancer - no surprises there.

stevedublin

mikeym wrote: »

It might give Dr James O'Reilly an excuse to tax cola because of the so called "high cancer risk" :rolleyes:

Give that man a junior ministry!

saa

Seachmall wrote: »

Coke causes cancer, tobacco causes cancer and alcohol causes liver failure.

Alcohol also causes cancer :pac:
I had a drink yesterday, a smoke this morning and two sausages at lunch, I went to the gym though should be fine.


(And yes we've messed up with food even if you don't eat processed junk your veg is sprayed and animals are fed hormones, something is going to win over my cells one day with all the chemicals im consuming)

JONJO THE MISER

Thank god i drink Pepsi.

partyatmygaff

http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/CancerCauses/OtherCarcinogens/GeneralInformationaboutCarcinogens/known-and-probable-human-carcinogens#Acetaldehyde

It's high time we all started wearing lab coats, goggles, respirators and gloves...

Overheal

http://consumerist.com/2012/03/coke-clarifies-that-it-is-not-changing-its-recipe-in-wake-of-study.html

We have directed our caramel suppliers to make the necessary manufacturing process modification to meet the requirement of the State of California's Prop 65. That process change ensures that no warning label would be required on our products. We firmly believe that there is no public health risk that justifies any such change, but we did ask our caramel suppliers to take this step so that our products would not be subject to the requirement of a scientifically unfounded warning. Now, it's important to note that while we have asked our caramel suppliers to modify their manufacturing processes, those modifications do not change our product. The caramel color in all of our products has been, is and always will be safe.

The FDA isn't totally onboard with the CPSI, however, saying in a statement that they're reading the new petition, but that "it is important to understand that a consumer would have to consume well over a thousand cans of soda a day to reach the doses administered in the studies that have shown links to cancer in rodents."

Oh and the BBC even reports the recipe won't change *at all* in Europe:

In a statement Coca-Cola added that the manufacturing process across Europe would not change.

It said that apart from California "not one single regulatory agency around the world considers the exposure of the public to 4-MEI as present in caramels as an issue".

IM0

RichieC wrote: »

life gives you cancer.

and life gives you death, bum deal :eek:

Celly Smunt

Aren't we born terminally ill anyway?

lcrcboy

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Thank god i drink Pepsi.

Pepsi was also mentioned in the article

IM0

anyone else read that as cork causes cancer

grindle

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I want coke and a King Creole.

A King Creole is a pita bread with mayonnaise, shredded lettuce, griddled spicy chicken breast garnished with a handful of chips.

Yummers.

Slap on the wrist for only one 'Yummers'.

Yummers x ∞.

WoollyRedHat

Aspartame is bad.

Sindri

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Aspartame is bad.

Yes an ass party would be bad, particularly in a prison.

grindle

Sindri wrote: »

Yes an ass party would be bad, particularly in a prison.

Homophobe.

kowloon

mikeym wrote: »

It might give Dr James O'Reilly an excuse to tax cola because of the so called "high cancer risk" :rolleyes:

I hope not, it's literally the last line of defence left between me and diabetes.

Seachmall

Sindri wrote: »

'Cures'?

If weed cured cancer I'd think I'd know.

It can help in the treatment of cancer as could LSD, but it doesn't cure it. :pac:

Ecstasy doesn't cure PTSD, it could treat it but not cure it.

Artistic license.

I'm an artist you see.

gurramok

About time there was a tax on fizzy drinks, all that chemical shoite inside you does damage.

im invisible

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Thank god i drink Pepsi.

i'll just leave this here, sensationalist thread title ftw

partyatmygaff

gurramok wrote: »

About time there was a tax on fizzy drinks, all that chemical shoite inside you does damage.

VAT?

If anything, it's pretty rich for a guy with a signature that says: "An bhfuil cead agam dul amach go dti an teach tabhairne?" to talk about "chemical shoite that does damage" :P

temply

EVERYTHING CAUSES CANCER

these days

you could step outside your front door these days and you're doomed

naughtysmurf

Seachmall wrote: »

LSD cures alcoholism, weed cures cancer and ecstasy cures PTSD.

Coke causes cancer, tobacco causes cancer and alcohol causes liver failure.



Somewhere down the line we made a very big mistake.

Oh bugger, I drink copius amounts of bacardi & coke

gurramok

partyatmygaff wrote: »

VAT?

If anything, it's pretty rich for a guy with a signature that says: "An bhfuil cead agam dul amach go dti an teach tabhairne?" to talk about "chemical shoite that does damage" :P

Ever hear of homebrew? Guess that's banned in your circle of friends.

partyatmygaff

gurramok wrote: »

Ever hear of homebrew? Guess that's banned in your circle of friends.

I think methanol may come under the banner of "chemical shoite that does damage"...

gurramok

partyatmygaff wrote: »

I think methanol may come under the banner of "chemical shoite that does damage"...

Really that bad? Perhaps I should buy you a pint, might cheer you up.

Johro

Meh. Musical interlude.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du0uC_wNxZI