Drink Up. Good News! PepsiCo says that they will not use aborted fetus parts in their products any l

A pro-life leader has won a victory in her efforts to convince soft-drink manufacturer PepsiCo to stop the use of aborted fetal cells in its research for enhancing the flavors of its products. Debi Vinnedge, executive director of Children of God for Life (COGFL), announced that in late April she had received a letter from Paul Boykas, PepsiCo’s vice president for Global Public Policy, confirming that the company will not allow the use of HEK-293 — a cell line derived from human embryonic kidney — in its partnership with Senomyx, the company with which it had inked a four-year, $30 million contract for flavor research.

Drink Up. Good News! PepsiCo says that they will not use aborted fetus parts in their products any longer!!!

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she had received a letter

It's old news I guess. Thought that I would repost, as it's important for people to know that they are Not drinking dead babies when they consume PepsiCo products.

Yay!!!!

(Note: Mods, if this thread is not in the correct place, then please move it. No probs.)

a reply to: MarkJS

They weren't putting the cells in the drink were they ? How were they using the cells in researching flavor enhancement ?

Aww i was looking forward to the ice cold refreshing taste of abortions!

Guess i'll have to brew my own.

Stem cells aren't babies.

Although I do find it weird that they would use stem cells for flavor enhancement compounds, I'm not entirely surprised.

Not surprised they stopped either, that's really not a headline you want on CNN.

~Tenth

a reply to: tothetenthpower
ya.. lol.

linea segundo

They never did.

It's important to note that, whether or not Senomyx uses HEK 293 cells in its development efforts, neither Pepsi nor any other U.S. company is actually manufacturing or selling any consumable products that contain material from human fetuses, as CBS News reported in an article about the Senomyx/Pepsi controversy in mid-2011:
Read more at www.snopes.com...

a reply to: MarkJS

They were about to put what in their drinks??

Sorry - what?

Does not this qualify as a form of cannibalism?

originally posted by: Lysergic
They never did.

They shouldn't have even thought about it.

a reply to: tothetenthpower

We eat / drink lots of crazy things, that's why they give them neat labels like E-120 which is a food coloring made out of scale insects..

I'm more surprised about that contract tho.. 30 million just to mix some drinks? Count me in

a reply to: swanne

Vote with your dollar?

a reply to: swanne

That's what I want to know, have I drunk human cells lately ? If so a lawsuit is in need.. But forget taking Pepsi to court.

P.S Pepsi has said they will stop using human cells in their research and products twice before this time. 3rd time lucky ? Unlikely.

a reply to: MarkJS

lol...

we weren't drinking dead babies before...and they weren't using dead baby parts....jesus christ, what a load of hyperbolic crap this is....

crap thread, crap article..

a reply to: Emerald53
It's old(er) news. But instead of letting it fade away, I thought that it was important enough to post today. It seems that some have not heard of this before.

a reply to: Skaffa

ROFL!

thanks for that..i really did laugh out loud for a minute...that was funny..

originally posted by: Emerald53
a reply to: swanne

That's what I want to know, have I drunk human cells lately ? .

unlikely

originally posted by: swanne

originally posted by: Lysergic
They never did.

They shouldn't have even thought about it.

and the title of this post is so wrong...but, everyone takes the bait and gets reeled in, because stupid is becoming the "new default" way of thinking

for more research info.... or more hyperbole as some would say hee hee, see link:

www.metasearch.com/www2search.cgi?p=fetus+flavor+soda&l=40&s=o
results.

a reply to: MarkJS

So without hyperbole, what exactly are they doing with the cells ?

As per the title of the thread, and the OP, hopefully nothing my friend.

a reply to: MarkJS

Yet another reason to stick with Coke.
Imitators use babies to create the flavor.