Coke And Pepsi Are Changing Their Soda Recipes So They Don't Have To Bear A Cancer-Warning Label

[FarCenter]

Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. are changing the way they make the caramel coloring used in their sodas as a result of a California law that mandates drinks containing a certain level of carcinogens bear a cancer warning label

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/coke-and-pepsi-are-changing-their-soda-recipes-so-they-dont-have-to-bear-a-cancer-warning-label-2012-3

[qb]

1. Once again, thank you California for leading the way in food safety.

[Snake Alchemist]

4. Looks like they are near the middle of the pack

[EOTE]

5. What makes you think there's a direct correlation between cancer mortality and consumer protection?

Have you not heard of these little things called "confounding variables"?

[Snake Alchemist]

6. If it can't be measured, how do we know it's working?

Have cancer rates risen for those drinking Coke rather than Sprite?

[EOTE]

10. It's working because consumers are MORE INFORMED.

This really isn't all that difficult. Is your contention that we'd be better off if we DIDN'T receive more information about the carcinogens that are put in our own bodies? You're taking the stand that information is dangerous. If you want to wallow in ignorance, you're more than welcome to. I take the position that there is no knowledge that is not power.

[Snake Alchemist]

13. A Food and Drug Administration spokesman noted that a consumer would have to drink more than 1,000

cans of soda a day to reach the doses administered that have shown links to cancer in rodents.

I tend to drink a tad less.

[JDPriestly]

21. Yes. It is silly to get too excited about one or two carcinogens in your diet.

Dose makes the poison in most cases.

It is good for us to know what our food contains and what effect it might have on us. But it is foolish to panic.

I have to laugh at some of my friends who, on the one hand, insist on buying organic fruits and vegetables, and on the other hand, drink lots of alcoholic beverages and smoke. Of course, then they also complain a lot about our medical professionals and prefer natural healing to science. It's just crazy nonsense.

But it is good to know when carcinogens are present in our food. This is especially true for people with certain conditions or sensitivities.

I have friends who strangely think that they don't have to wash organic vegetables because after all they don't have those carcinogenic chemicals on them. No, dear but they do have organic waste on them and all the bacteria that the organic waste my carry into your kitchen. Am I opposed to organic food? Not at all. I love it. But, I think we should be careful regardless of what we eat and not only worry about carcinogens.

[hedgehog]

14. Not to encourage adding known carcinogens to food, but

that map also correlates to areas with low sun exposure (low Vitamin D levels) and/or high exposure to agricultural pesticides and/or petrochemicals. Take special note of the clusters at New Orleans, Houston, San Francisco, Florida.

[Snake Alchemist]

15. Could be that too. nt

[JDPriestly]

18. We in California have a lot of problems with environmental factors that

can help cause cancer including smog which is horrible on summer days even now that we have stricter air control laws. Then we had shipyards during WWII in which asbestos was used. Plus, some of the early nuclear work was done here.

And don't forget that the wonderful sunshine we enjoy can contribute to skin cancer. So many of my friends have skin cancers removed from time to time.

Smoking rates have declined drastically in California, but it will take many years before the decrease in smoking reduces the cancer rates.

So we have a legacy of environmental factors that can contribute to our cancer rate.

[Snake Alchemist]

19. I imagine if some Californians are drinking 1000 cans of cola a day then there are a whole host of

other problems that we are not hearing about.

[drmeow]

22. This is just

Colon cancer in white males. Is there an image that includes overall cancer rates?

[Snake Alchemist]

28. I looked and looked, but all charts seem to be fairly specific. They all seem to follow the same

trend though.

[Jim Lane]

26. Any theories about why the Northeast shows markedly higher rates?

That kind of geographic factor isn't usually so stark.

[Snake Alchemist]

27. Too much pepperoni pizza? nt

[marlakay]

2. I would rather have it clear

But taste the same..I don't drink soda anymore but this is a good start for those that do.

[Snake Alchemist]

8. Crystal Pepsi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Pepsi

[marlakay]

23. I have always been a coke person

don't like the taste of pepsi, classic coke because its not as sweet.

So coke should try a clear one…I bet pepsi though lost a lot of $$. probably didn't look right to people!

[Louisiana1976]

24. I tasted Crystal Pepsi and its taste was nothing like that of real Pepsi.

[Snake Alchemist]

25. Must be the lack of caramel coloring. nt

[KansDem]

3. How about this comment from the article

Coca Cola and Pepsi say their drinks have always been safe and that their sodas will not taste any different.

Yeah, sure..."always been safe" but we're still going to remove the cancer-causing caramel coloring anyway...

I'm so glad I quit drinking their shit in 1980...

[SOS]

29. "their drinks have always been safe"

but they were a lot more fun between 1885 and 1929
when they had cocaine in them!

[RebelOne]

7. Never drink either Coke or Pepsi.

In fact, never drink any sodas. Occasionally, I'll drink a Dr. Pepper, but that is probably once a year at the most. So I am in no danger of getting cancer from sodas.

[Luminous Animal]

9. It would have been nice if they had refrained from putting carcinogens in there in the 1st place.

[hughee99]

11. Finally, those who drink 1000 cans a day will be safe!

"A Food and Drug Administration spokesman noted that a consumer would have to drink more than 1,000 cans of soda a day to reach the doses administered that have shown links to cancer in rodents."

I'm willing to bet for those who drink 1000 cans a day, the cancer they might get from this isn't their biggest health problem.

[hedgehog]

12. The premise is that a high dose given to a small

number of rats over a short time will capture the effect of a long term low dose over a large population of humans.

I have no idea if this premise has ever been proven one way or another, but it makes sense to me.

[Behind the Aegis]

17. Damnit! I am gonna have to cut way back!

[Jello Biafra]

16. If we drink Coke, then it's Mexican Coca-Cola

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Coke

[Snake Alchemist]

20. Just keep it under 1000 per day. nt