{"id":25027,"date":"2012-01-01T21:57:29","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T04:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/01\/whats-a-little-flame-retardant-between-friends.html"},"modified":"2012-01-04T08:48:26","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T15:48:26","slug":"whats-a-little-flame-retardant-between-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/01\/whats-a-little-flame-retardant-between-friends.html","title":{"rendered":"What's a little flame retardant between friends?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So it's a soft drink additive that is banned in much of the world for foodstuffs, and for which there are alternatives. So why hasn't the FDA acted? It's hard to think of a reason other than "money" or "institutional inertia," neither of which are what you really want in your regulatory agencies. #ddtb<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Leland Kruse<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

10% of all US soft drinks have Brominated vegetable oil, a patented flame retardant on their ingredient list<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIs That Flame Retardant In Your Soft Drink?<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrominated vegetable oil is patented as a flame retardant, banned in food all over Europe and Japan, but on the ingredient list of about 10% of sodas in the U.S.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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So it's a soft drink additive that is banned in much of the world for foodstuffs, and for which there are alternatives. So why hasn't the FDA acted? 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