http://www.foreverworld.com/BVO.html
Brominated Vegetable Oil
For those who care about their body...
A little health information from ForEverWorld Books.
Today is a sad day in Erin's gaming life, for I have come to realize that Mt. Dew is
too questionable for my health. I ran out to purchase the Code Red Mountain Dew, drank
it, loved it and then read the label. At the bottom were the ingredients Brominated
Vegetable Oil.
Being curious, I checked it out on the web. Starting with Atomic/GuruNet, I found that
Brominated means 'to combine a substance with bromine or a bromine compound'.
Then I looked up Bromine. It's defined as:
A heavy, volatile, corrosive, reddish-brown, nonmetallic liquid element, having a
highly irritating vapor. It is used in producing gasoline antiknock mixtures,
fumigants, dyes, and photographic chemicals. Atomic weight 79.904; atomic number 35;
melting point 7.2�C; boiling point 58.78�C; valence 1, 3, 5, 7.
YUCK!! I thought that poisons at the gaming table were supposed to be a fictional
thing!
So I checked out the FDA pages, which state that BVO has been allowed in our foods
since 1977, but remains in the top 2000 toxicity additives and must be re-examined
every 6 months. The additive cannot exceed 15 parts per million (just one ounce must
be diluted into 520 gallons of Mountain Dew to stay under the toxicity level - or 5546
(12) oz cans).
It is also illegal to put BVO in anything without declaring it first. Coca-Cola
found this out with a batch of Minute Maid Grape that had to be recalled for not
declaring BVO on it's label. Like PCBs, BVO leaves traces in the fat cells of
your body. Nothing like being dyed from the inside out with your favorite citric soda,
eh? Yes, unfortunately BVO is in many citric-based soft drinks besides Mt. Dew - it's
purpose is to make the flavoring oils the same density as water. This keeps the flavor
oil from separating in your soda.
But don't take my word for it. Check out the research for yourself on Google or the
FDA homepage.
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