Heated debate over Suffolk energy drink bills
Photo credit: Kevin P. Coughlin | Suffolk County legislators are thinking about banning the sale of energy drinks to kids under 19. (Feb. 3, 2011)
Beverage industry lobbyists descended on Suffolk County in force this week seeking to quash two bills aimed at making it more difficult for teenagers to obtain energy drinks.
At a nearly four-hour hearing Tuesday, legislators tangled with American Beverage Association-hired doctors, lawyers and scientists who argued strenuously against bans on distributing products such as Red Bull and Monster...
