Jolly Ranchers and Mountain Dew are advertised on TikTok and Instagram but contain products banned in the UK.

  • Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de
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    11 months ago

    They included Jolly Ranchers hard sweets containing mineral oil, which if contaminated with other compounds can initiate cancer formations.

    It’s literally one of the first sentences in the article.

    • Jimbabwe@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      That’s literally the 7th sentence of the article, which is literally not literally one of the first.

      Also, how in the hell is it informative to say x can cause cancer if contaminated with other compounds?? Wow, thanks for that amazing reporting, BBC!

      THIS JUST IN! Air causes cancer!!*

      *when contaminated with powdered asbestos flakes