[GeronL]

Could?

More pop-science [pardon the pun]

[svcw]

Well, beer lowers the risk. So........

[Perdogg]

[naturalborn]

How about those who drink two cups of coffee per day?

[The Future 2012]

......60,000 Chinese Singaporeans?

[kalee]

ping

[Mobties]

Hey, it’s Communist China! Everybody knows they put lead in everything. Probably a little asbestos and plutonium for extra body and smoothness, too.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Don’t tell me the commie ‘RATS have run out of schemes already. We already did this one back in the 70s!!! Damn liberals.

[jim35]

Here we go again, more garbage in the guise of a “study” telling us how bad soda is. Get ready for HUGE taxes on soft drinks.

[annieokie]

Just another 10 year study only to find out they were wrong again. Result of study, will be 2 soda's a day helps the pancreas.

Coffee anyone?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***”...those who drank more than two sodas a week were 87% more likely to be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer than people who drank no soda.”***

proof we need to tax sodas! For the Children!

[umgud]

Prolly causes constipation and diarrhea too.

[crescen7]

This is another of those “% of risk” assessment studies that ALWAYS leave a dramatic impression, even though the numbers may be less so.

For example, say . . .

The rate of pancreatic cancer in the general population is 8 per 100,000. (i think that’s close) Then among coke drinkers the 87% increase means that there are about 15 per 100,000.

Somewhat significant, but changing the odds from 8/100,000 to 15/100,000 isn’t exactly terrifying.

[Minn]

I’m no scientist, but I’d guess that two of just about anything per week would have a negligible of any kind, even hits of crack. The problem is nobody does two hits of crack per week.

[Our man in washington]

“More than two” could mean three or ten. If we lump those in one category, the truth is that drinking ten sodas a week might triple your risk while drinking three is no big deal.

[CPT Clay]

My type II diabetes says so.

[Cvengr]

Yes, but I thought the Chinese confused soda with water mixed with soda ash, as opposed to what westerners identify with Coca-Cola.

[50cal Smokepole]

“And on the medical front: Human saliva has been found to cause cancer — but only when swallowed in small amounts over a long period of time.”
[old SNL skit]

[Cicero]

It says sugar. I wonder if soft drinks in Singapore are made with sugar, or with high fructose corn syrup?

I do have reservations about drinking that stuff.

[Colvin]

We are not gigantic humming birds, designed to intake gallons of sugar water.
The industrial food complex will do what they can to keep this under wraps.