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not a food, but this is after all the best group. A couple
of months ago i heard/read of a new drink brought out by
the coke firm.Tonight on the news i heard that over half a
million bottles of it has been removed from the
supermarket/shop shelves because one of the ingredients
could be a potential health risk.Now i wonder why such a
big concern as coca cola would make such a blunder as to
promote something that is not 100% safe, surely they try
and test, and try and test new products.I know the
ingredient begins with the letter B but i cannot remember
the name of the drink.( it may have been a "water"😉 Have
any of you in the USA drank of this liquid? and are you
still feeling o.k., Wonder if there are any impendind
lawsuits?.

The drink is Dasini, a bottled water. Which turns out to be
distilled tap water, though it's marketed to imply (not
stated outright) that it comes from upmarket springs.

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[email hidden] (paula) wrote in

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not a food, but this is after all the best group. A
couple of months ago i heard/read of a new drink brought
out by the coke firm.Tonight on the news i heard that
over half a million bottles of it has been removed from
the supermarket/shop shelves because one of the
ingredients could be a potential health risk.Now i
wonder why such a big concern as coca cola would make
such a blunder as to promote something that is not 100%
safe, surely they try and test, and try and test new
products.I know the ingredient begins with the letter B
but i cannot remember the name of the drink.( it may
have been a "water"😉 Have any of you in the USA drank of
this liquid? and are you still feeling o.k., Wonder if
there are any impendind lawsuits?.

The drink is Dasini, a bottled water. Which turns out to
be distilled tap water, though it's marketed to imply (not
stated outright) that it comes from upmarket springs.

Here's a link to some information about it from the Foods
Standards Agency, which appears to be the equivalent of the
U.S.'s FDA in the U.K. The recall is only in the U.K., as
far as I can tell.

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or

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Dan Goodman said:

[email hidden] (paula) wrote in

Quoted message said:

not a food, but this is after all the best group. A
couple of months ago i heard/read of a new drink brought
out by the coke firm.Tonight on the news i heard that
over half a million bottles of it has been removed from
the supermarket/shop shelves because one of the
ingredients could be a potential health risk.Now i wonder
why such a big concern as coca cola would make such a
blunder as to promote something that is not 100% safe,
surely they try and test, and try and test new products.I
know the ingredient begins with the letter B but i cannot
remember the name of the drink.( it may have been a
"water"😉 Have any of you in the USA drank of this liquid?
and are you still feeling o.k., Wonder if there are any
impendind lawsuits?.

The drink is Dasini, a bottled water. Which turns out to be
distilled tap water, though it's marketed to imply (not
stated outright) that it comes from upmarket springs.

It was pulled from the UKK shelves because of high levels
of bromate.

=sw

what is the general consensus of the new diet coke with
lime? my daughter said it tastes like pine cleaner (I swear
I never gave her pine cleaner to drink, honest). I tried it
and it tasted the way turpentine smells to me. Any other
comments? -Ginny

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not a food, but this is after all the best group. A couple
of months ago i heard/read of a new drink brought out by
the coke firm.Tonight on the news i heard that over half a
million bottles of it has been removed from the
supermarket/shop shelves because one of the ingredients
could be a potential health risk.

Apparently, when the water is purified using ozone, any
naturally occuring (and safe) bromide is changed to bromate,
which is a carcinogen.

Here's something from www.rediff.com:

Coca-Cola recalls Dasani bottled water in UK

March 20, 2004 00:23 IST

[Rediff.com] - Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has been forced
to withdraw its entire Dasani range of bottled water from
British shelves after detecting illegal levels of Bromate,
reports The Times, London.

About 500,000 bottles are being recalled after the bromate
levels exceeded British legal standards. The Food Standards
Agency, however, said there was no 'immediate risk to
public health'.

"Coca-Cola, the makers of Dasani, informed the Food
Standards Agency yesterday that some samples of their
bottled water product, Dasani, have been found to contain
bromate at higher levels than are legally permitted in
the UK for either bottled or tap water," an FSA
spokeswoman said.

"Coca-Cola has advised the agency that they are
immediately withdrawing the product from sale. This is a
sensible measure by the company as bromate is a chemical
that could cause an increased cancer risk as a result of
long-term exposure, although there is no immediate risk to
public health.

"However, the Agency understands that some consumers may
choose not to drink any Dasani they purchased prior to its
withdrawal, given the levels of bromate it contains."

Experts said bromate is produced during the purification
process of water.

Virginia Tadrzynski said:

what is the general consensus of the new diet coke
with lime?

I bought a bottle out of curiosity. I finished it with a
little help from my bottle of Appleton's rum, okay, I mixed
it about half and half. Anyway, it tasted like diet coke
mixed with rancid lime. The alcohol took the rancid edge
off, making it palatable (and I got a buzz, woohoo!). I did
try a little bit before mixing the rum in and it was rather
gross, but not so bad I could not finish it.

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Bubbablue said:

Experts said bromate is produced during the purification
process of water.

The water is contaminated during the purification
process. Got it.

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John Gaughan said:

Bubbablue said:

Experts said bromate is produced during the purification
process of water.

The water is contaminated during the purification
process. Got it.

And:

"The Food Standards Agency, however, said there was no
'immediate risk to public health'"

Which mean you won't get cancer until later - when it's too
late to positively blame Coca-Cola.

-sw

Steve Wertz said:

And:

"The Food Standards Agency, however, said there was no
'immediate risk to public health'"

Which mean you won't get cancer until later - when it's
too late to positively blame Coca-Cola.

To save me the trouble of reading the article - why is it
only being recalled in the UK? Do they purify Dasani
differently here in the states?

~john

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Quoted message said:

not a food, but this is after all the best group. A couple
of months ago i heard/read of a new drink brought out by
the coke firm.Tonight on the news i heard that over half a
million bottles of it has been removed from the
supermarket/shop shelves because one of the ingredients
could be a potential health risk.Now i wonder why such a
big concern as coca cola would make such a blunder as to
promote something that is not 100% safe, surely they try
and test, and try and test new products.I know the
ingredient begins with the letter B but i cannot remember
the name of the drink.( it may have been a "water"😉 Have
any of you in the USA drank of this liquid? and are you
still feeling o.k., Wonder if there are any impendind
lawsuits?.

considering that aspartame is in all the diet soda i've
seen, i don't think that they give a [censored] unless they get
caught putting something that doesnt have a lobby to back it
up in soda.

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[email hidden] (paula) wrote in

Quoted message said:

not a food, but this is after all the best group. A
couple of months ago i heard/read of a new drink brought
out by the coke firm.Tonight on the news i heard that
over half a million bottles of it has been removed from
the supermarket/shop shelves because one of the
ingredients could be a potential health risk.Now i
wonder why such a big concern as coca cola would make
such a blunder as to promote something that is not 100%
safe, surely they try and test, and try and test new
products.I know the ingredient begins with the letter B
but i cannot remember the name of the drink.( it may
have been a "water"😉 Have any of you in the USA drank of
this liquid? and are you still feeling o.k., Wonder if
there are any impendind lawsuits?.

The drink is Dasini, a bottled water. Which turns out to
be distilled tap water, though it's marketed to imply (not
stated outright) that it comes from upmarket springs.

It was pulled from the UKK shelves because of high levels
of bromate.

isn't conventional white flour treated with bromate?

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Saerah

TANSTAAFL

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing
swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive
power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some
farcical aquatic ceremony."

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Which mean you won't get cancer until later - when it's too
late to positively blame Coca-Cola.

Before you start sticking your foot in your mouth, you
REALLY need to do some research.

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isn't conventional white flour treated with bromate?

Yes, and it's a byproduct of the purification process
for water.

What probably happened was a processing glitch that either
failed to remove the bromate, or removed too little.

I'm sure it will be fixed easily. And I'm ALSO sure a bunch
of loonies will go frantic needlessly.

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Virginia Tadrzynski said:

what is the general consensus of the new diet coke with
lime? my daughter said it tastes like pine cleaner (I
swear I never gave her pine cleaner to drink, honest). I
tried it and it tasted the way turpentine smells to me.
Any other comments? -Ginny

I dunno, but I was horrified to hear Nilsson's classic song
cut and used in a commercial.

Jill

Levelwave© said:

To save me the trouble of reading the article - why is it
only being recalled in the UK? Do they purify Dasani
differently here in the states?

Yes. Different laws regarding standards for bottled
water. --Lia

Virginia Tadrzynski said:

what is the general consensus of the new diet coke with
lime? my daughter said it tastes like pine cleaner (I swear
I never gave her pine cleaner to drink, honest). I tried it
and it tasted the way turpentine smells to me. Any other
comments? -Ginny

I dont like diet soda, but I tried a bottle. Aside from
having that fake diet chemical taste, I kinda liked it. If
they made it in "regular" (non-diet), I'd probably drink it
and like it.

John Gaughan said:

Bubbablue said:

Experts said bromate is produced during the purification
process of water.

The water is contaminated during the purification
process. Got it.

I've always said that people who buy water in plastic
bottles got way too much money, or are just suckers to
companies who want their money (or both). THe stiff in those
bottles is the same water that comes out of your tap, and in
some cases, worse because it stagnates, not to mention all
the chemicals it absorbs from the plastic bottle. Like we
are seeing with this issue, it looks like whatever they are
doing is making it worse yet. I have never been able to
understand why anyone would pay up to $3 for 16 ounces of
water in a bottle. Hell, for $3 you can get hundreds of
gallons of water from your tap, for the city water bill, or
electric for the pump on a well. The only exception to this,
is when there is a problem with your tap water, and even
then, you buy it in quantity, not in 16oz bottles.

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I've always said that people who buy water in plastic
bottles got way too much money, or are just suckers to
companies who want their money (or both). THe stiff in
those bottles is the same water that comes out of your tap,
and in some cases, worse because it stagnates, not to
mention all the chemicals it absorbs from the plastic
bottle. Like we are seeing with this issue, it looks like
whatever they are doing is making it worse yet. I have
never been able to understand why anyone would pay up to $3
for 16 ounces of water in a bottle. Hell, for $3 you can
get hundreds of gallons of water from your tap, for the
city water bill, or electric for the pump on a well. The
only exception to this, is when there is a problem with
your tap water, and even then, you buy it in quantity, not
in 16oz bottles.

Actually there's times when it makes sense for me to buy a
bottle of water, that size: when I'm not near a place where
I can easily get tap-water, and am thirsty and not in the
mood for something flavoured or fizzy. IOW: when what I want
is water and ordinary tap-water is not an option. In those
situations I'll buy a bottle of water.
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[email hidden] (paula) wrote in

> not a food, but this is after all the best group. A
> couple of months ago i heard/read of a new drink
> brought out by the coke firm.Tonight on the news i
> heard that over half a million bottles of it has been
> removed from the supermarket/shop shelves because one
> of the ingredients could be a potential health
> risk.Now i wonder why such a big concern as coca cola
> would make such a blunder as to promote something that
> is not 100% safe, surely they try and test, and try
> and test new products.I know the ingredient begins
> with the letter B but i cannot remember the name of
> the drink.( it may have been a "water"😉 Have any of
> you in the USA drank of this liquid? and are you still
> feeling o.k., Wonder if there are any impendind
> lawsuits?.
>
The drink is Dasini, a bottled water. Which turns out to
be distilled

tap

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water, though it's marketed to imply (not stated
outright) that it comes from upmarket springs.

It was pulled from the UKK shelves because of high levels
of bromate.

isn't conventional white flour treated with bromate?

Potassium bromate is used to strengthen bread dough. Most
likely to be found in buns, esp- at fast "food" joints. (lab
rats give it a big Thumbs Down)

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