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smolder
2524 days ago
Yeah, a good example of this is Pepsi pledging to remove Brominated Vegetable Oil from their drinks in response to a campaign by a young student that caught media attention. Years later, they never did any such thing.
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hanniabu
2524 days ago
Which really makes no sense when you think about it because it's already illegal in Europe and Japan so might as well just remove it altogether.
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wysifnwyg
2524 days ago
It all depends on the monetary difference doing so makes. If it's significantly cheaper, then they will continue to include it for legal markets.
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