Dear David, Artikel mengenai seorang anak yang mati karna makan Mentos dan minum Coca-cola sekaligus ternyata cuman hoax tuh. Emang benar campuran Mentos dan Coca-cola akan menimbulkan semburan tapi tidak akan sampai menimbulkan kematian. Berikut di bawah ada bantahan dari pihak Coca-cola mengenai hal ini.
Thanks Salam, Hendy Lie http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/contactus/myths_rumors/packaging_mentos.html Products And Packaging Myths & Rumors Rumor: Child dies after drinking Coca-Cola light® followed by chewing menthol-flavored chewy candy A rumor has been circulating the Internet that a boy has died in Brazil from eating Mentos and drinking Coca-Cola light. This is a hoax, most likely triggered by the well-known "Diet Coke/Mentos fountain phenomenon." Our Response: There is a false rumor circulating via email on the Internet that claims that a child in Brazil died after drinking Coca-Cola light followed by chewing menthol-flavored chewy candy. This story is not true. There is no reason to believe that Coca-Cola ingredients together with menthol flavor or any other food or food ingredient would combine to cause any illness. Coca-Cola ingredients and menthol flavoring are widely approved as safe food ingredients and are used worldwide in a variety of foods. This email appears to be linked to a number of amateur videos that have appeared on the Internet, which show people, for fun, mixing Mentos candies with Coca-Cola light (or Diet Coke®) to produce a reaction that causes the Diet Coke to shoot into the air. This reaction is thought to be caused by carbon dioxide (which gives carbonated soft drinks their fizz) permeating the porous surface of the Mentos. However, chewing a Mentos candy destroys the surface needed for the carbon dioxide bubbles to form. Therefore such a foam reaction cannot happen when the two products are ingested. We strongly advise consumers to treat with skepticism unauthorized or untraceable myths and rumors which they find on the Internet, since they often, as in this case, turn out to be entirely false. Q&A Q: Why do Diet Coke and Mentos react this way when combined? A: We haven't conducted any research on the reaction between Diet Coke and Mentos. However, some scientists have said that it has something to do with the interaction of carbon dioxide (what gives soft drinks their "fizz") and the surface of the candy. Q: What happens if you eat Mentos and drink Diet Coke at the same time? A: Nothing out of the ordinary. Chewing the candy destroys the surface needed for the carbon dioxide bubbles to form. ----- Original Message ----- From: david willyiam Last week a little boy died in Brazil after eating MENTOS and drinking Coca-Cola together. One year before the same accident happened with another boy in Brazil . Please check the experiment that has been done by mixing Coka-Cola (or Coka-Cola light are the same) with MENTOS??.. So be careful with yourself
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