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Tue Feb 12, 2013, 02:21 PM Feb 2013

"WTF" story of the day, woman drinks more than 2 gallons of Coke a day, dies as a result [View all]



A New Zealand woman’s 10-litre (2.2 gallon) a day Coca-Cola habit was a major factor in her death, a coroner found Tuesday, urging the soft drink giant to put health warnings on its caffeinated products.

Natasha Harris, a 30-year-old mother of eight from Invercargill in southern New Zealand, drank huge amounts of the fizzy beverage for years before her death in February 2010, coroner David Crerar found.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/12/2-2-gallon-a-day-coca-cola-habit-a-factor-in-womans-death-coroner/
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