Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ames-lm.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!menlo70!ames-lm!jaw From: jaw@ames-lm.UUCP (James A. Woods) Newsgroups: net.rumor,net.med Subject: The Secret of Coca Cola Message-ID: <155@ames-lm.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Feb-84 00:01:41 EST Article-I.D.: ames-lm.155 Posted: Tue Feb 21 00:01:41 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Feb-84 05:57:25 EST Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 14 # When a woman loses her mystery, she is finished forever. -- Yves St. Laurent, "Opium" debut celebration, 1979 Probably recycling an oldie here, but I understand that the "active ingredient" of Coca Cola is NICOTINE, supplied via tobacco juice, and thus categorizable as a "natural flavoring." As such, I don't believe we are dealing with an FDA Class 2 substance, though I do wonder about regulations which might govern its use. Since nicotine toxicity is in the milligram range, this speculation gives rise to the question of a human LD-50 for this popular beverage. -- James A. Woods {hao | menlo70}!ames-lm!jaw