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.