Talk:Potassium benzoate

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[edit] New research

There is some new research suggesting that sodium benzoate (and the similar salt potassium benzoate) causes cellular injury.

http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article2586652.ece

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The Froghurt that Homer Simpson is offered in the 4th season of The Simpsons Halloween Special, is cursed because it contains potassium benzoate.

is this significant enough to retain in the article? RJFJR 05:13, Feb 3, 2005 (UTC)

Considering we've only got two sentences otherwise, I'd say we need all the info we can get. Everyking 05:35, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Seeing as how it's unquestionably the most famous reference to a fairly obscure chemical, it should be on the page. I mean, it doesn't hurt.

here is it: potassiumbenzoate.ytmnd.com

Speaking fo the Simpsons, when whats-his-face says Ptassium Benzoate is bad... how is it bad?

I've been trying to track down some information on Potassium Benzoate, but it's not easy going. For the most part, it seems to be a safe food preservative used in food, especially liquids. The only reason it is probably considered "bad" is that some people consider all chemicals and other "non-natural" elements in their food "bad." I'd really like to include the Homer Simpson quote, and I think it would be appropriate if we could even put together a paragraph or two; but it's probably not appropriate with a one-sentence stub, where it would literally take up 75% of the article. EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 03:12, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

How about lets add the chemical make-up of this product in the website, for I need it!

[edit] Motion for inclusion?

How about including the Simpsons quote (from the Season 4 Treehouse of Horror episode) as an item of trivia? I have seen plenty of examples of this practice on many other wikipages.

As before, I'd really like to have more information on this page before including the quote, as the quote would take up a large chunk of the article. However, it seems as if there's not much more to say about this compound, and the Simpsons reference is really its only claim to fame. Before we even consider putting it on, we should agree on what form it would be in. Would we like to use the expanded version as follows?
Shopkeeper: Take this doll, but beware, it carries a terrible curse.
Homer: That's bad.
Shopekeeper: But it comes with a free frozen yogurt, which I call frogurt!
Homer: That's good.
Shopkeeper: The frogurt is also cursed.
Homer: That's bad.
Shopkeeper: But it comes with your choice of topping!
Homer: That's good.
Shopkeeper: The toppings contain potassium benzoate.
Homer stares blankly.
Shopkeeper: That's bad.
Homer: ...Can I go now?
Obviously this is long, but it has all of the context for understanding the quote. Any suggested shortnings? EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 18:53, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
What I'd do is make mention of the quote and it's mention of the fact that the toppings contain said thing in them and go from there --Conan-san 21:13, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Man chowder

I removed the line because I found no referenz for it! Stone 12:34, 17 February 2006 (UTC)


by "anerobic" does it mean anaerobic?

Probably. "Anerobic fermentation" yields 325 Google hits, while "anaerobic fermentation" yields 45,700 hits. I've changed it now. EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 21:48, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

With out air! Stone 21:59, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

From the same sentence, "If the intra cellular pKa changes to 5 or lower..." Isn't pKa constant? Should this be pH instead? --71.227.190.111 19:51, 25 July 2006 (UTC)