Consumer group wants U.S. FDA to order warning on energy drinks

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Consumer group wants U.S. FDA to order warning on energy drinks

A consumer advocacy group on Wednesday asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to add a safety warning on energy drinks because the caffeine-charged beverages have been linked to 17 deaths since October 2012. No study has proven that energy drinks directly caused these deaths, but 34 people died in the United States in the last decade after drinking 5-Hour Energy, Monster or Rockstar beverages, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest. More than 50 people also were hospitalized for high blood pressure, convulsions and heart attacks after consuming energy drinks. “I don’t think anybody knows what (these chemicals in energy drinks) do," said Michael F. Jacobson, executive director of CSPI, which calculated the numbers using data it obtained from the FDA.

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