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US petition calls for FDA to regulate energy drinks

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One hundred scientists and physicians have written a letter to the US Food and Drug Administration asking for more regulation of increasingly popular energy drinks because their high caffeine content puts young drinkers at possible risk for caffeine intoxication and higher rates of alcohol-related injuries.

The US market for the drinks is estimated at $5.4 billion in 2006, according to Packaged Facts, growing at an annual rate of 55% per year.
The letter was written by Roland Griffiths, a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. It asked the FDA to require the drinks' caffeine content be listed on the can, to set a limit on the amount of stimulant allowed in the drinks and to require warning labels.

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