Being the only liquid non-metallic element bromine is found in lots of liquid things. Cough syrup comes to mind (DXM HBr), not to mention ocean water. I'd be worried about saccharin before bromine...that stuff is really nasty.
What's Atomic/GuruNet? -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, July 30, 2003, 4:25:36 PM, you wrote: WW> http://www.foreverworld.com/BVO.html WW> Brominated Vegetable Oil WW> For those who care about their body... WW> A little health information from ForEverWorld Books. WW> 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 WW> read the label. At the bottom were the ingredients Brominated Vegetable Oil. WW> 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'. WW> Then I looked up Bromine. It's defined as: WW> 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 WW> chemicals. Atomic weight 79.904; atomic number 35; melting point 7.2�C; boiling point 58.78�C; valence 1, 3, 5, 7. WW> YUCK!! I thought that poisons at the gaming table were supposed to be a fictional thing! WW> 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 WW> 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). WW> 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. WW> 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 WW> 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. WW> But don't take my word for it. Check out the research for yourself on Google or the FDA homepage. WW> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
