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Freaking out about DD and toxic Prime drink PFA chemicals

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ChainReacting · 08/07/2024 09:37

Would appreciate someone to chat with, even if it’s not comforting, as I’ve just been reading up about the lawsuits around the seriously high levels of chemicals (3x the lifetime amount!) in Prime hydration drink.

DD (10) is obsessed with it for the past two years. Absolutely obsessed. I have let her buy and drink one bottle of each of the flavours - including the lawsuited Grape - but that looks to have been a terrible decision. I’m not qualified to understand the science completely but the level of toxicity seems to be very high. She will have inherited a genetic pre-disposition to cancer anyway and now I can’t sleep thinking that we’re given her cancer. Sorry that this isn’t a true AIBU but could really do with a handhold. Thanks very much!

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Itiswhatitis80 · 08/07/2024 09:54

The chemicals they are referring to are found in the air,water,soil and food all around the world.

rubyslippers · 08/07/2024 09:50

This is a huge over reaction
she has drunk a bottle of drink / maybe five bottles (don’t know how many favours there are)
The sentence about life time chemicals makes no sense
where are you getting your information

these drinks are pretty rank and over processed but the chances her health being damaged is incredibly tiny

there is a seperate issues around any genetic disposition to cancer - have you / her had counselling around this and medical advice

ButtSurgery · 08/07/2024 09:48

Can you post the link to the documents you're reading? Your interpretation sounds off. Even in the US these things have to pass assessment of the ingredients!

ChainReacting · 08/07/2024 09:46

@LadyKenya yes, am pretty good about UPFs in general, this just slipped past my radar as it was a real ‘treat’ for her

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Danceinthenight · 08/07/2024 09:45

What do you mean 3x the amount of lifetime chemicals in one bottle?

ChainReacting · 08/07/2024 09:45

We bought them in America as she couldn’t get them here. Feel awful.

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Itiswhatitis80 · 08/07/2024 09:44

Unless you are in America of course.

Itiswhatitis80 · 08/07/2024 09:44

That’s in America,we have different food standards here,nothing to worry about.

ChainReacting · 08/07/2024 09:44

Thanks for replying - sorry, my head is all over the place. One bottle of each ever. But one of the lawsuits is stating that in one Grape bottle, there is x3 the EPA healthy lifetime limit of chemicals if I’m reading the reports properly.

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LadyKenya · 08/07/2024 09:43

Are you ensuring that her food is UPF free, as much as possible? That is very important too, seeing as you are so concerned about chemicals in her drink.

Wormfanclub · 08/07/2024 09:40

It’s not clear from your post how much she has drank.

”Obsessed” makes it sound like she drinks it every day.

But they you say you’ve let her by one of each flavour. What - ever? Per week?