Dangers of RED BULL, Why is it not banned as it is in France, do we have to see someone die first?

Question

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080815/twl-life-australia-redbull-dc-9020220.html

Answer 1

it should be banned on taste alone  

Answer 2

What is needed is better information.  If I want to risk my life by drinking red-bull (bit melodramatic if you ask me) then I should be able to.  How many cans have been sold and how many people have died?  If someone chocked on some pop-corn would you ban sale of all pop-corn.  Hang on, that might still happen, let's ban pop-corn, we wouldn't want that horse to bolt.

Answer 3

i don't agree with all these crazy drinks  on the market-but-it is like anything else-it will harm someone somewhere down the line-no different from aspirin

Answer 4

Its the same with all energy drinks, it increases your heart rate and OBV makes u more prone to strokes but if you need energy drinks if you're an athletic person well, thats upto you.

Answer 5

ban wine in france, more people die of liver toxicity there then most places ;)

Answer 6

i drink red bull all the time...i'm fine. i love red bull it gets me thru the grave yard shift.

Answer 7

I used to drink tons of Red Bull afew years ago when I went clubbing a lot - combined with Vodka it was a great drink.  I frequently got really bad palpitations which I ignored.  However, I remember one time, in the early hours of the morning having such bad palpitations that I honestly thought I was going to have a heartattack - I was about 29 years old at the time. Of course, I had no idea what the problem was so  I went to the doctor to tell him what happened - he gave me an ECG and he told me then to stop drinking it immediately.  That was about 10 years ago and I haven't touched it since.  

Answer 8

almost every energy drink is like that so if we ban red bull(which we should) then all the energy drinks wil be banned

Answer 9

yeah ban it! ..and driving.. and flying,.. and skatebaording!! that's dangerous too!!!

make the UK one big padded cell! that's right!!

Answer 10

Yeah, you know in this country we always lock the stable door after the horse has bolted!