Tasty

The House of Representatives, Energy and Commerce Committee, Environment and Hazardous Materials subcommittee is holding a hearing entitled: Antifreeze Bittering Agent.

CQ reports the following agenda:

A subcommittee hearing on H.R. 2567, a bill to amend the Federal Hazardous Substances Act to require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable.

Do we really think people consume engine coolant and/or antifreeze because it tastes good? Is the problem that it's palatable? Yum -I'm thinking salad dressing. Really, 60,000 pets and 4,000 children can't be wrong.

Seriously though, many pets and children die from drinking antifreeze each year. Apparently the argument for this bill goes alongs the lines of: if one accidently ingests said substances that they won't drink any more once the bitter taste kicks in. I'm thinking lock up the antifreeze and the engine coolant so the pets and the kids don't get it in the first place.