Can you get botulism . . .

[kelel01 1]

From Diet Dr. Pepper? The can is kind of puffed up.

[Tonto 1]

It's filled with compressed CO2...

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It's the year of the Pig.

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Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. There are three main kinds of botulism. Foodborne botulism is caused by eating foods that contain the botulism toxin. Wound botulism is caused by toxin produced from a wound infected with Clostridium botulinum. Infant botulism is caused by consuming the spores of the botulinum bacteria, which then grow in the intestines and release toxin. All forms of botulism can be fatal and are considered medical emergencies. Foodborne botulism can be especially dangerous because many people can be poisoned by eating a contaminated food


If so I think you have a pretty good lawsuit on your hands.

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[kelel01 1]

Am I now the official recipient of the "Dumbass of the Year" award?

I was actually waiting for a response before opening it.

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Dude, I mean, that was like, the first Google link.



<---had to look up botulism too.

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[Tonto 1]

1st - Sign the waiver.

Then - Enjoy your Diet Dr Pepper. (What's the worst that could happen?)

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It's the year of the Pig.

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no, but I heard that men from Nashville are just RANK with it!

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And JP.
And Chris. And...

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Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. There are three main kinds of botulism. Foodborne botulism, Wound botulism, Infant botulism

would too much BOTOX injection cause botulism ?? (Yes this is a serious question)

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Is it regular Diet Dr. Pepper or is it a Berries and Cream Diet Dr. Pepper or is it a Cherry Vanilla Diet Dr. Pepper?

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Dude, I mean, that was like, the first Google link.



<---had to look up botulism too.

really?? I defined that from memory. That is just a super coincidence that it was the first google link. I'm just super smart. hahahaha.

I knew the word but not what it exactly meant.

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[kelel01 1]

Regular.

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Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. There are three main kinds of botulism. Foodborne botulism is caused by eating foods that contain the botulism toxin. Wound botulism is caused by toxin produced from a wound infected with Clostridium botulinum. Infant botulism is caused by consuming the spores of the botulinum bacteria, which then grow in the intestines and release toxin. All forms of botulism can be fatal and are considered medical emergencies. Foodborne botulism can be especially dangerous because many people can be poisoned by eating a contaminated food

Wow. Interesting read. Well done write-up.

How many bacterium are out there?

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If so I think you have a pretty good lawsuit on your hands.

Assuming she lives...

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I knew the word but not what it exactly meant.

Well, you knew more than me; other than just recognizing the word was probably a real one.

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[kelel01 1]

Bacterium? 1.

Bacteria, on the other hand? I have no idea.

Google time.

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Am I now the official recipient of the "Dumbass of the Year" award?

I was actually waiting for a response before opening it.

arent your going to school for some type of medical field?

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Yeah - I'm not going to work in soda canning.

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Yeah - I'm not going to work in soda canning.

I would have thought you'd fit right in to a place that had massive amounts of "contents under pressure"

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Bacterium? 1.

LOL!!!

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Are you having a blonde moment???

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...soda canning.

Soda canning...freakin' Yankee. You live in the South - it's Coke canning. Everything's a coke.


You: I would like a coke, please.
Waitress: What kind?

Who says "Pop" instead of "soda"?

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Nah.. very, very small chance of botulism from a Dr.Pepper.

Sweet beverages, fruit juices and soft drinks are more prone to spoilage from yeasts and molds. Clostridiums prefer to metabolise natural proteins rather than sugars, and a diet Dr. Pepper probably doesn't even have sugars. Even the yeasts would not do much in a diet Dr Pepper.
The artificial sweetner may be a synthetic protein, but it's not the kind that a Clostridium will metabolise.

If the swelling is caused by gas from microbes, then the can was almost certainly damaged at some point to allow the contamination and it's nearly impossible to prove in a legal action that the damaged occured before you bought it and not after.

IMO, the swelling in the can is not microbial spoilage at all but rather the result of physics. Some temperature variation; either it got very hot and gas expanded in the can, or the can was frozen solid at some point (water expands when it freezes).

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really?? I defined that from memory. That is just a super coincidence that it was the first google link. I'm just a super smartass. hahahaha.

there I corrected it for you....

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[kelel01 1]

Ah, thank you.

All I've learned in Microbiology so far is that dented/swollen cans can indicate botulism.

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really?? I defined that from memory. That is just a super coincidence that it was the first google link. I'm just a super smartass. hahahaha.

there I corrected it for you....

You son of a beotch!!!

Maybe botulism is what I had in my eye???

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Microbiology.



I loved Biotechnology, though.

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that dented/swollen cans can indicate botulism.

Based on the, oh three, paragraphs I read, I think they were referring to canned FOOD.

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