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- noun organic chemistry Any of a class of
compounds derived fromimidazole throughreplacement of ahydrogen by amethyl group .
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Scientists at the University of California at Davis recently found significant levels of 4 methylimidazole in colas that far exceeds what the state considers to be safe.
Michael F. Jacobson: Look Out For THIS Ingredient In Soda (Hint: It's Not What You Think) Michael F. Jacobson 2011
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Scientists at the University of California at Davis recently found significant levels of 4 methylimidazole in colas that far exceeds what the state considers to be safe.
Michael F. Jacobson: Look Out For THIS Ingredient In Soda (Hint: It's Not What You Think) Michael F. Jacobson 2011
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Scientists at the University of California at Davis recently found significant levels of 4 methylimidazole in colas that far exceeds what the state considers to be safe.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Michael F. Jacobson 2011
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according to the CSPI, is made by reacting sugars with ammonia and sulfites under high pressure and temperatures, and those reactions "result in the formation of 2-methylimidazole and 4 methylimidazole, which in government-conducted studies caused lung, liver, or thyroid cancer or leukemia in laboratory mice or rats."
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