• Don_Dickle@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Um so when I grab a mountain dew at the store I am consuming a flame retardants? So does that mean I can douse myself in soda and run into a burning building?

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        5 months ago

        It’s also an industrial solvent!

        Not to minimize the fact that BVO is known to be toxic and should have been banned years ago, but yes I hate when they make stupid comparisons like that

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      5 months ago

      Mountain Dew stopped including BVO in 2019. So you’ve been in the clear for at least 4 years.

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      5 months ago

      Bromine is used in flame retardants AND in brominated vegetable oil. Like chlorine is used to clean your pool water and as a component of table salt.