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Mixed message? At least the warning is on the label

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Image courtesy The Mushroom Kingdom

An excited six-year-old came home and asked his mother:

Mom, Mom can I drink this Power Up?

I don’t know. Let me see. What it is it?

It is an energy drink.

You are six. You don’t need an energy drink. Let me see that.

 

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 Small type: Product not intended for children.

This story comes to us from KFOX in El Paso, Texas. Watch the video report here.

One Response to “Mixed message? At least the warning is on the label”

  1. Links: Food, Bikes, Music, Empire and Energy Drinks at Trying to follow Says:

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