date:Dec 17, 2012
An new online petition is calling for PepsiCo to stop formulating its Gatorade line of sports drinks with an ingredient tied to flame retardant chemicals, according to The New York Times.
The petition was launched by Sarah Kavanagh, a Mississippi teenager, who found that Gatorades flagship line of beverages contain brominated vegetable oil (BVO). Beverage formulators use BVO in many citrus drinks as a way to keep fruit flavors evenly distributed, and the ingredient is found in approximately 10