Pepsi has stopped using aborted fetus stem cells to test flavor (yay!)

[zeroturbulence]

Pepsi Stops Using Aborted Fetal Cell Lines to Test Flavors | LifeNews.com

 

[Liz01]

despite this, i dont think i would be able to drink a pepsi again......

 

[Dude653]

I dont think they were doin that in the first place

 

[zeroturbulence]

I dont think they were doin that in the first place

You can think whatever you want, but the lab they hired was doing just that - using kidney cells from aborted fetuses to test flavors. Just because something sounds ridiculous doesn't automatically mean its untrue.

 

[TheKringledOne]

I thought it was against the law to use new strains of stem cells. Could they have been using cloned stem cells that were put in an environment that would make those cells differentiate into kidney cells?

 

[Ritter]

Coke is still a better product.

 

[meld27]

I don't understand, it's not because it sounds crazy, but how can they use aborted stem cells? 1-is that not illegal? 2-where do they find all these aborted fetuses? I really doubt a big company like pepsi would put it's reputation on the rocks by doing something so disgusting and/ illegal. People can make up stories just to bring a big corporation down.

 

[miktre]

The story made the Washington times.

PepsiCo denies accusations on link to aborted fetal cells - Washington Times

 

[miktre]

I gotta say I have stopped buying their products and even consuming their products. Out of the millions of sweeteners you can extract from plants, in what world is it not gonna taste right without aborted fetus extracts. That they considered it is in of itself more than enough.

 

[wwjd_kilden]

I find it highly unlikely that they ever did that. As has been said, how would they get access to them?
Rob a hospital?....

(concidering the ammount of fake sweeteners and colors in any product of that kind neither pepsi nor coke sounds too tempting really. )

 

[grigio]

Oh sweet let's all go buy and consume large amounts of Pepsi! If this story was in a science fiction novel we would discard it as too far-fetched. And yet here we are.

 

[miktre]

I find it highly unlikely that they ever did that. As has been said, how would they get access to them?
Rob a hospital?....

Actually it's not like that at all. Here's a quote from the article:
"So far, researchers using aborted fetal cell lines haven’t been able to cure paralysis or reverse the effects of Parkinson’s disease, but they may be able to make diet sodas taste better.PepsiCo has come under intense pressure from pro-life groups for contracting with Senomyx Inc., a San Diego biotech company accused of developing flavor enhancers using cell lines taken from the kidney of an aborted fetus. PepsiCo, the world’s second-largest food and beverage business, announced the $30 million deal on its website in August 2010."

 

[Tumnus]

despite this, i dont think i would be able to drink a pepsi again......

You and me both Liz01. I have a friend that is a Pepsi fiend and when I told her about the article she told me that it wouldn't stop her from drinking it every day. Aborted fetal stem cells aside, which is disturbing enough in of itself, the amount of chemicals and sugar in a Pepsi should stop people in their tracks. Oh well, to each his own.