[CrackMonkey] Non-vegetarian soy milk

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On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 11:29:54PM -0700, Seth David Schoen wrote:
> mike dillon writes:
> 
> > from "Popsicle-induced anaphylaxis due to carmine dye allergy" (found at
> > http://www.med.umich.edu/intmed/allergy/carmine.htm):
> > 
> > 	IgE-mediated responses to food colorants are rarely reported (1,2).
> > 	Carmine, a biogenic dye added to foods, cosmetics and drugs has been
> > 	implicated, however, in occupational asthma (3-6), extrinsic allergic
> > 	alveolitis (7,8), cheilitis (9,10), gastrointestinal complaints (4),
> > 	urticaria/angioedema, asthma (11) and anaphylactic shock (10,12). 
> > 
> > mmmmm. tasty. carmine's not just made from beetles, but apparently wonderfully
> > healthful as well. enjoy.
> 
> I learned what it was from a Berton Roueche story, where some hospital
> patients were all getting sicker from (what Judge Kaplan would call a
> common-source epidemic) what turned out to be some tainted carmine in
> their hospital meals.
> 
> Anaphylaxis from a popsicle is just _wrong_.  (Like non-vegetarian soy
> milk.)

http://www.cspinet.org/new/carmine_8_24_98.htm

Hmm... 8/24/98. Guess they didn't have much luck.

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