SeriouslyDebatable
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It could be interpreted that way yes. To not give the impression that I am being argumentative, I will concede my argument as it is a weak argument.
Debunked: Pepsi uses aborted fetus cells in their drinks
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SeriouslyDebatable
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So would you be beating a dead horse here? Or riding a jackass?
MikeC
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which of those would you prefer to be??
Pointing out bunk, like your argument here, is the whole purpose of this site - or haven't you noticed that yet??
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http://www.infowars.com/pepsi-replaces-sugar-with-mystery-ingredient/
So its just for research, but as of today... maybe thing have changed.
Take a look at this.
So its just for research, but as of today... maybe thing have changed.
Take a look at this.
HappyMonday
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The article seems more concerned with trashing processed foods (and promoting wholefoods, like the one's advertised in the sidebar) and the need for more stringent standards, than with what Pepsi's additive actually is.
Either way, you could start with some evidence that human foetus derived 'compounds' would allow them to achieve -
...if you liked?a 60 percent reduction in sugar while keeping the taste the same
Jay Reynolds
Senior Member.
If there are bad things in the additives, or some sort of human DNA, they should be able to tell by analysis, and quite easily.
I see no analysis, sounds like an argument based on an absence of evidence.
In other words, there is some fallacious logic there.
Poof!
David Fraser
Senior Member.
Sounds to me like some alternate form of MSG. This is the sort of conspiracy that actually does harm to people and it shocks me that people do not check the facts.
In what way does it harm?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2005/jul/10/foodanddrink.features3
Professor Kidunae Ikeda comes home from the physics faculty at the Tokyo Imperial University and sits down to eat a broth of vegetables and tofu prepared by his wife. It is - as usual - delicious. The professor, a mild, bespectacled biochemistry specialist, turns to Mrs Ikeda and asks - as spouses occasionally will - what is the secret of her wonderful soup. Mrs Ikeda points to the strips of dried seaweed she keeps in the store cupboard. This is kombu, a heavy kelp. Soak it in hot water and you get the essence of dashi, the stock base of the tangy broths and consommés the Japanese love.This is the professor's 'Eureka!' moment. Mrs Ikeda's kombu is to lead him to a discovery that will make his fortune and change the nature of 20th-century food. In time, it would bring about the world's longest-lasting food scare, and as a result, kick-start the age of the rebel consumer. It was an important piece of seaweed.
David Fraser
Senior Member.
So you do not think that women that have had abortions or miscarriages could be upset, or even traumatised, by such claims?
Yes I do and not only women. I was just unsure what your meaning was. Thanks for clarifying.
J
Joe
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I knew there was a reason why I preffered Diet Coke over Diet Pepsi 
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.what about this quote from this site?
Aborted cells are used in the development of artificial flavor enhancers by biotech company Senomyx, with which PepsiCo signed a four-year, $30 million agreement in 2010 for research and development. No Pepsi products containing Senonymx flavor enhancers should be expected until 2013.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/blog/confused-about-the-pepsi-fetal-cell-issue-here-are-the-facts/
Aborted cells are used in the development of artificial flavor enhancers by biotech company Senomyx, with which PepsiCo signed a four-year, $30 million agreement in 2010 for research and development. No Pepsi products containing Senonymx flavor enhancers should be expected until 2013.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/blog/confused-about-the-pepsi-fetal-cell-issue-here-are-the-facts/
Cairenn
Senior Member.
They used a stem cell line that originally came from an aborted fetus. A line that is used to produce many products.
This is just a nutty idea being pushed by the anti abortion folks. There are NOT fetal cells in the product.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_...d-over-embryonic-cells-linked-to-lo-cal-soda/What Senomyx is up to
Is this claim true? Neither Pepsi nor Senomyx returned calls, so we don't know the companies' side of the story. But a perusal of Senomyx's patents suggests that it may well be. All but 7 of the company's 77 patents refer to the use of HEK 293 (human embryonic kidney) cells, which researchers have used for decades as biological workhorses. (For the bio-geeks among you, these cells offer a reliable way to produce new proteins via genetic engineering.)
The company appears to be engineering HEK cells to function like the taste-receptor cells we have in our mouth. This way, Senomyx can test millions of substances to see if they work as different types of taste enhancers without subjecting human volunteers to endless taste tests.
To non-scientists this may sound a bit strange, but the reality is that HEK 293 cells are widely used in pharmaceutical research, helping scientists create vaccines as well as drugs like those for rheumatoid arthritis. The difference here is that Senomyx's work for Pepsi is one of the first times the cells have (potentially) been used to create a food or beverage. (And it's important to note that no part of a human kidney cell are ever a part of Senomyx's taste enhancers or any finished food products.)
This is just a nutty idea being pushed by the anti abortion folks. There are NOT fetal cells in the product.
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