Dive Summary:
- Suffolk County is South Eastern New York has enacted legislation that effectively bans the marketing of energy drinks to minors as well as the sale of the drinks in any county park.
- William Spencer spearheaded the initiative after research showed more and more children going to the hospital with caffeine toxicity and other complications from drinking energy drinks.
- The energy drink lobby is rightfully concerned, as they fire back at the legislation in interviews with local and national media outlets.
From the article:
"Cotton candy — which is pure sugar, or white death; hot dogs, with all of the nitrates, sodium and fat, are more detrimental to the consumer than energy drinks," Matthew Vishnick, a lobbyist for the energy-drink industry, was quoted as stating in a CBS New York report.
Energy-drink companies have faced increasing scrutiny following reports that potentially link their products to fatalities and grave injuries including heart attacks. In Chicago, a vote on a proposal to ban energy drinks was recently postponed. ...
