Embryos in your pepsi.

[Versuvius]

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-life-groups-call-for-pepsi-boycott-over-aborted-fetal-cell-lines/

Embryonic liver cells used as flavour enhancers by krafts, nestle etc. I remain indifferent.

Edit: Embryonic Kidney even

DoubleEdit: As pointed out by a poster that the cells arent actually used in the product. Though unless you avoid skimming it, it will appear that way. Dont make a moron of yourself as i did!

 

[Grathius22]

That's kind of gross, I'm not going to lie.

 

[Sharpiez]

"The aborted fetal cells are not in the product itself. However, ?there are many options PepsiCo could be using instead of aborted fetal cells,? noted Vinnedge."

*Continue drinking*

 

[Versuvius]

I consider derived from practically the same. Not that, as i said, am too bothered either way.

 

[Elsarild]

Don't care, Pepesi wins over Coca Cola in my book, and If I was going to boycott anything that kept anything remotly "disgusting" I'd be just about starving.

http://www.cracked.com/article_15982_5-horrifying-food-additives-youve-probably-eaten-today.html
Food for thought

 

[Dumbfish1]

I saw the title and was like, "No way is that what I'm thinking it is".

Turns out it is.

 

[SeaCalMaster]

I don't understand the argument of the groups proposing the Pepsi boycott. Is there something else that they advocate we should be doing with the cells? I mean, it's not like this research is causing more abortions to occur.

 

[BanicRhys]

Still tastes better than coke.

 

[Gunner_Guardian]

You know, you can ignore the elephant in the room and still shoot this down.

Stem cells are damn valuable cells, shouldn't we be using them for research more noble this? I mean favor enhancers are a big step down from say allowing someone to walk again.

 

[Aidinthel]

Way to fail at reading guys. The article clearly says that PepsiCo is partnered with a biotech company that uses embryonic cells to create human taste receptors for objective taste testing. No embryonic cells nor anything derived from embryonic cells is in anyone's food.

 

[Versuvius]

Just to clear this up for everyone if they care: I think this is a waste of good embryonic cells too, but its not going to make me take a shower and curl up into a ball squealing "uncleeeean".

 

[Aidinthel]

Never imagined that Pepsi would have these kinds of cells placed within the flavor of the drink

They don't, and the article doesn't say they do.

"Using isolated human taste receptors we created proprietary taste receptor-based assay systems that provide a biochemical or electronic readout when a flavor ingredient interacts with the receptor,? says the Senomyx website.

?What they do not tell the public is that they are using HEK 293 ? human embryonic kidney cells taken from an electively aborted baby to produce those receptors,?stated Debi Vinnedge

Are the technical terms just making people skip those paragraphs?

 

[StormShaun]

Ew,

Last I saw, I drank over 1000 pepsis so far...meh, I still will drink it.

 

[Dr. Feelgood]

I'm glad I don't like Pepsi then.

Don't ya think they could make a soft drink without putting weird ingriedients in t?

 

[TheIronRuler]

What did you expect?
You find ox semen in redbull, you can't get any lower.

 

[Megacherv]

Food for thought

HURHUR I C WOT U DID THAR

*ahem*

Hey, if the parents don't want the child, and they're okay with having their aborted child's cells being used for a non-evil purpose, who are we to tell them what they can and can't do?

 

[etherlance]

So basically when I drink a Pepsi, I am in fact technically doing this:


.......You know what?

I was gonna put a video or picture of christopher reeves eating a fetus on south park up here but I just can't do it........

........I just.....I just can't do it.

 

[Ambi]

hahahaha, should I show this to my staunchly pro-life friend who's virtually addicted to pepsi max?

 

[Javarock]

Well, I am grabbing a pepsi now. This has done nothing to Deter me.

 

[Filiecs]

Meh, not a fan of Pepsi nor Cola, still gross though.