Are you a Mountain Dew addict?
Then know what you're
drinking!
BVO is a toxic chemical that is banned in many countries because it
competes with iodine for receptor sites in the body, which can lead to
hypothyroidism, autoimmune disease, and cancer. The main ingredient, bromine,
is a poisonous, corrosive chemical, linked to major organ system damage, birth
defects, growth problems, schizophrenia, and hearing loss.
"There’s flame retardant in your Mountain Dew. That
soda with the lime-green hue (and other citrus-flavored bubbly pops) won’t keep
your insides fireproof, but it does contain brominated vegetable oil, a
patented flame retardant for plastics that has been banned in foods throughout
Europe and in Japan.
Brominated vegetable oil, or BVO, which acts as an
emulsifier in citrus-flavored soda drinks, is found in about 10 percent of
sodas sold in the U.S.
“After a few extreme soda binges — not too far from what
many [video] gamers regularly consume – a few patients have needed medical
attention for skin lesions, memory loss and nerve disorders, all symptoms of
overexposure to bromine,” according to a recent article in Environmental
News."
People need to be educated, so
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