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by leetrout 161 days ago
I was surprised to see nausea meds for kids that's phosphoric acid and sugar...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose/fructose/phosphoric_ac...

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I thought it was well known that Coca Cola contained phosphoric acid. It's one of the reasons why it's so bad for your teeth.
Indeed, I think it is and I was given coke for my tummy as a kid so I was making the connection between coke's medicinal properties to on-the-market nausea meds.
It's explicitly listed as an ingredient, even.
I mean, uh, we used to not have any laws about this stuff:

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/pickyourpoison/exhibition...