[Ansteorra] Fwd: Read this before drinking Gatorade again

[Renee Pitcock]

Actually, according to Wikipedia, the purpose of BVO in sports drinks is to help suspend fat-soluble flavorings, particularly in citrus drinks.  I seriously doubt a simple petition would make them sit up and take notice without a viable replacement solution.  Also, it seems to me that you would have to drink rather alarming amounts of Gatorade daily to really see problems.  Moreover, I would hardly call the EU and Japan good yardsticks for food safety.  They both tend to be somewhat...overprotective, shall I say?  The EU has a tendency to pass restrictions on food additives without any actual scientific evidence to back it, and Japan has, at least with imported beef, been known to impose much stricter regulations than are absolutely necessary based on the scientific data.
 
~Morina O'Donovan


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 From: Bree Flowers <evethejust at gmail.com>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> 
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Fwd: Read this before drinking Gatorade again
 
This isn't a case of litigation, it's a petition asking them to remove
the ingredient from their product. I certainly don't see the harm in
asking a company to remove a potentially dangerous ingredient whose
only benefit is preserving strange colors in a drink. But it's not
like I drink the stuff, I was just informing y'all of the petition.

~Astridr

On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Dan Baker <lordrhys at gmail.com> wrote:
> While I don't know of any problems related to that chemical, let me point
> out that Baking Soda is also an excellent fire retardant. Before people run
> off half cocked, alarmism pays very well in a litigious society.  Do we
> have a case of some moron trying to make a buck, or a legitimate claim of
> hazard?
>
> I do drink gatorade, but find products like Nuun much better as t doesn't
> have all the carbs and dyes in it.
>
> Capten Rhys
>
> On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Bree Flowers <evethejust at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I don't know whether this is true, Snopes had nothing on the subject, and I
>> do not drink Gatorade. I do know a lot of our fighters drink Gatorade and
>> might be able to verify the information. If it is true, you might want to
>> sign the petition.
>>
>> ~Astridr
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Pulin Modi, Change.org <mail at change.org>
>> Date: Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 11:07 AM
>> Subject: Read this before drinking Gatorade again
>> To: evethejust at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>        [image: Change.org]    * Join Sarah in asking Gatorade to remove
>> flame retardant chemicals as ingredients in all of their sports drinks.
>> <
>> http://www.change.org/petitions/gatorade-don-t-put-flame-retardant-chemicals-in-sports-drinks?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13930&alert_id=NHutrBrDqn_DjOBZDHdxx
>> >
>> *
>> <
>> http://www.change.org/petitions/gatorade-don-t-put-flame-retardant-chemicals-in-sports-drinks?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13930&alert_id=NHutrBrDqn_DjOBZDHdxx
>> >
>> Sign Sarah's Petition
>> <
>> http://www.change.org/petitions/gatorade-don-t-put-flame-retardant-chemicals-in-sports-drinks?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13930&alert_id=NHutrBrDqn_DjOBZDHdxx
>> >
>>
>> Bree -
>>
>> Gatorade is one of the most recognizable sport drinks for athletes. High
>> schooler Sarah Kavanagh knows this -- she sometimes chooses to drink
>> Gatorade after soccer and volleyball games.
>>
>> *When she noticed "Brominated Vegetable Oil" (BVO) listed as an ingredient
>> in her Gatorade, she looked it up -- and found out that it's considered a
>> flame retardant and banned in countries like Japan and the European Union.*
>>
>> Sarah knows that Gatorade would never want their drinks to be seen as a
>> health risk. When she read about other consumers starting petitions on
>> Change.org that successfully got companies like Starbucks to remove
>> unwanted ingredients,* she decided to start a petition asking Gatorade to
>> stop using BVO in their sport drinks. Sign her petition by clicking
>> here.<
>> http://www.change.org/petitions/gatorade-don-t-put-flame-retardant-chemicals-in-sports-drinks?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13930&alert_id=NHutrBrDqn_DjOBZDHdxx
>> >
>> *
>>
>> Gatorade says they use BVO just to keep certain colors bright -- even
>> though some research suggests it can cause impaired brain development,
>> reduced fertility, and can stay in the body for a long time.
>>
>> *The government and the sports drink industry claim that it’s safe to use
>> BVO below certain levels, but Sarah says she doesn't want dangerous flame
>> retardants of any amount in her Gatorade.*
>>
>> BVO is not in every Gatorade drink -- just a few flavors. *Sarah doesn't
>> think it makes sense that they would keep such a controversial ingredient
>> for just a couple of drinks, especially since they already have to take it
>> out for sale in other countries.*
>>
>> *Help Sarah send a clear message to Gatorade by signing her petition asking
>> them to remove potentially hazardous flame retardants from their sport
>> drinks. Click here to
>> sign.<
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>> >
>> *
>>
>> Thanks for being a change - maker,
>>
>> Pulin and the Change.org team
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