Mountain Dew. The oh so sweet is it yellow? is it green? nectar of the geek gods and fuel for gamers has flame retardent in it. Yup. Mountain Dew, along with 10 per cent of sodas in the US, contains brominated vegetable oil (BVO), a flame retardant chemical banned in Europe and Japan.
Transporting toxic gas in glass containers aboard a train sounds like something from a hurriedly written action movie, but no, it’s real life. And it’s particularly real life for Chelyabinsk, Russia, which now have a cloud of bromine floating above it.
