WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) — Senators and the families of overdose victims called on the Food and Drug Administration to ban the retail distribution of powdered caffeine in products, "marketed as dietary suplements."In a press conference held Tuesday, Senator Dick Durbin (D - Illinois) expressed his alarm at the concentration of caffeine in those products.
He was joined by Sens. Blumenthal (D - Connecticut), and Brown (D - Ohio).
Durbin warned that a single teaspoon of pure powdered cafeine sold in bulk is equivalent to the amount of caffeine in 25 cups of coffee.
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The families of two teens who overdosed on the product attended the press conference, to support the senators in their effort to ban it.
********What next - a ban on Red Bull?
I'm sure the "usual suspects" here will agree with the Dems on this.
