LOL true true ----- Original Message ----- From: "cantrl. a" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 5:08 PM Subject: Mt Dew is good for you!
> I heard Vegetable Oil makes good biodiesel though. > > I want to get one of those old diesel mercedes as my next car. Running biodiesel would be pimp. > > > >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. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
