Talk:Potassium benzoate

message: 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
Where does the article say that salt potassium benzoate does the same thing?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.96.2.207 (talk) 14:11, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  New research 

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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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  Simpsons 

message: I removed the line because I found no referenz for it! Stone 12:34, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: 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)
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message: I see from the history of the article that the reference to potassium benzoate in a Simpson's episode has been repeatedly added and repeatedly removed.  There doesn't seem to be a consensus to either include or exclude it. Any thoughts?  ChemNerd (talk) 11:46, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it should be kept, since it's probably how most people have ever even heard of this chemical. Usually that much dialogue is too much for an article, but it really needs it for the full context. PaulGS (talk) 01:02, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: There are probably few people who could recognize potassium benzoate, and those that could probably have no knowledge of that Simpsons episode.  I'm not opposed to having "In popular culture" sections in chemistry articles, but mere passing references such as this one really aren't appropriate.  In this case, it is just mere trivia.  The Simpsons have no relevance to potassium benzoate, and potassium benzoate has no relevance to the Simpsons.  The section should be removed.  And in any case, the dialog entirely superfluous.  -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:38, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

text: It's about more than just simple awareness. The show specifically (albeit humorously) refers to the additive as "bad". Given the concerns about sodium and potassium benzoate as food additives (see Benzene in soft drinks as an example), this would seem to be relevant. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 01:33, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Simpsons

message: removed this from the other names section. benzoic acid and potassium benzoate are definitely not the same thing. I would be ok with "benzoic acid anion" maybe, but there are already too many discrepancies in the other names section of chemicals on wikipedia already  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.244.15.159 (talk) 21:21, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Benzoic Acid