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 dgirlp rated 17 months ago - From the page: "A new health scare erupted over soft drinks last night amid evidence they may cause serious cell damage. Research from a British university suggests a common preservative found in drinks such as Fanta and Pepsi Max has the ability to switch off vital parts of DNA.
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- dani1108 rated 16 months ago
- Found on stumbler alexko's page (thanks!):
From the page: "A new health scare erupted over soft drinks last night amid evidence they may cause serious cell damage. Research from a British university suggests a common preservative found in drinks such as Fanta and Pepsi Max has the ability to switch off vital parts of DNA."
Oh my, watch what you drink!
- Doritoes rated 16 months ago
- Another reason not to drink "pop"
From the page: "Caution: Some soft drinks may seriously harm your health"
- Teeg rated 16 months ago
- From the page: "A new health scare erupted over soft drinks last night amid evidence they may cause serious cell damage. ... The problem - more usually associated with ageing and alcohol abuse - can eventually lead to cirrhosis of the liver and degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's."
Thanks, Pseudonym. :)
- retrofan rated 17 months ago
- Very interesting... I don't drink them much anyway, but it's good to know.
- ocwo92 rated 17 months ago
- Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola - beyond contributing massively to your body mass index, the might also damage your DNA.
I've never really liked these products because of their strangely synthetic taste anyway. I prefer to add real fruit juice in my drinks.
 The-Hectinator rated 16 months ago- Sodium benzoate, a preservative used in soft drinks to fight mold, caused cell damage in mold cultures in a laboratory. Logically, this chemical must cause massive cell damage and early death in humans as well.
http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2007/05/e211-dna-and-science-by-press-rel ease/
- pseudonym rated 16 months ago
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From the page: "Sodium benzoate has already been the subject of concern about cancer because when mixed with the additive vitamin C in soft drinks, it causes benzene, a carcinogenic substance. A Food Standards Agency survey of benzene in drinks last year found high levels in four brands which were removed from sale.
Now, an expert in ageing at Sheffield University, who has been working on sodium benzoate since publishing a research paper in 1999, has decided to speak out about another danger. Professor Peter Piper, a professor of molecular biology and biotechnology, tested the impact of sodium benzoate on living yeast cells in his laboratory. What he found alarmed him: the benzoate was damaging an important area of DNA in the "power station" of cells known as the mitochondria.
He told The Independent on Sunday: "These chemicals have the ability to cause severe damage to DNA in the mitochondria to the point that they totally inactivate it: they knock it out altogether."
- Kingreaper rated 17 months ago
- I originally rated this T-up, but I've since found this blog post which explained exactly why it's not sound science that's behind this, but instead mere media hysteria.To be perfectly honest, everyone should know that IN LARGE AMOUNTS anything that works as a preservative against living organisms will likely be harmful, so even without the other flaws this should be no shock.This post (c) Kingreaper: Something Something Something since some point in the time continuum.
- Phalanx08 rated 17 months ago
- Soda Can damage your DNA
- konradc rated 17 months ago
- Stay tuned. It's not yet conclusive.
From the page: "Research from a British university suggests a common preservative found in drinks such as Fanta and Pepsi Max [including Sprite, Oasis, Dr Pepper, Coca-Cola and Diet Pepsi] has the ability to switch off vital parts of DNA. ... advised parents to think carefully about buying drinks with preservatives until the quantities in products were proved safe by new tests."
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