Soylent hits back at legal threat: ‘We display Prop 65 warnings'

Re:Soylent hits back at legal threat: ‘We display Prop 65 wa... by jpatokal on Sunday August 16, 2015 @11:38PM (#10071282)

AFAIK there is nothing in Soylent that is not regularly consumed by lots of humans already. Instead, the primary concern is its use as a total food replacement, since it's unclear what sort of dietary deficiencies may crop up ten years down the line.

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Re:Soylent hits back at legal threat: ‘We display Prop 65 wa... by ekianjo on Sunday August 16, 2015 @11:50PM (#10071309)

> Instead, the primary concern is its use as a total food replacement

Yes, that's why the "completely safe" is misleading, from Soylent's part. They actually have NO clue.

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Re:Soylent hits back at legal threat: ‘We display Prop 65 wa... by jpatokal on Monday August 17, 2015 @12:01AM (#10071332)

Where do you see Soylent marketing itself as "completely safe"? Their website is pretty nuanced.

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Re:Soylent hits back at legal threat: ‘We display Prop 65 wa... by DanBC on Monday August 17, 2015 @09:17AM (#10072724)

The kickstarter campaign where they described Soylent not just as perfectly safe, but perfectly safe for anyone; and where they say it puts you in perfect health; and where they claim rigorous testing.

This iterative approach to regulatory compliance - ignore everything until a regulator points out a problem - should be worrying when you're talking about food.

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Re:Soylent hits back at legal threat: ‘We display Prop 65 wa... by ekianjo on Monday August 17, 2015 @12:44AM (#10071404)

I quoted this precise article where Soylent published their answer to the health concerns in this actual wording.

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