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Why is Pepto-Bismol pink? + Super gonorrhea has reached the U.S.

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Super Gonorrhea Has Reached the U.S.
https://gizmodo.com/super-gonorrhea-dete...1850012423

INTRO: Super gonorrhea has infected people in the United States for the first known time. This week, Massachusetts public health officials announced the discovery of two gonorrhea cases appearing to display increased resistance to all known antibiotic classes that can be used against it. These cases were thankfully still curable, but it’s the latest reminder that this common sexually transmitted infection is becoming a more serious threat... (MORE - details)


Why is Pepto-Bismol pink?
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/you-as...ismol-pink

EXCERPT: . . . Contrary to what you may be thinking, it is not bismuth subsalicylate that gives Pepto-Bismol its carnation colouring. That compound is beige. It turns out that Pepto is pink simply because Procter and Gamble dye it pink!

According to Pepto-Bismol, the doctor who developed their pink medicine in the early 20th century chose pink, but no one really knows why. They keep it pink because you don’t mess with success, and who can blame them? The practically neon hue of their product is instantly recognizable, even when their products are in chewable tablet or pill form. Even generic preparations of bismuth subsalicylate tend to stick to the pink colour palette... (MORE - missing details)
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Commercials would tout the benefit of Pepto Bismol by showing animation of it coating the walls of the stomach and intestines. A creamy pink emmolient that soothes the stomach pain in a blanket of relief. I doubt that that is how it works, but that became the standard association of the cool pink goop over the years.

Vintage PB commercial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T_Ti-WMj0U
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(Jan 23, 2023 12:57 AM)Magical Realist Wrote: Commercials would tout the benefit of Pepto Bismol by showing animation of it coating the walls of the stomach and intestines. A creamy pink emmolient that soothes the stomach pain in a blanket of relief. I doubt that that is how it works, but that became the standard association of the cool pink goop over the years.

Vintage PB commercial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T_Ti-WMj0U

Don't have time to look it up but I'm certain the colors pink and red are associated with sweetness. That may be a.reason for PB pink.
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