18. “Anti-energy” drink sickens kids

http://www.salon.com/2012/12/04/anti_energy_drink_sickens_kids/http://www.salon.com/2012/12/04/anti_energy_drink_sickens_kids/v

Chrisanne Grise writes an article to the Salon on the 4th of December regarding a new "anti-energy" drink released. She opens the article by giving an overview of the whole situation: the drink baptized after Bob Marley caused students to feel nausea, to vomit and to feel dizzy. Grise then talks briefly about the bevarage's composition and its supposedly all natural botanical ingredients and about the warning label found on the bottle. The author mentions another case involving the drink in a different school and cites a spokesperson who says the drink didn't go through the approval process required. Grise closes the article by citing previous issues with different energy drinks, but stating this is the first problem with an "anti-energy" drink.

Grise's purpose with this article is simply to inform the reader about the new issues surrounding the recently released Marley anti-energy drink. She uses citations, previous issues and a different variety of evidence to properly present the story to the reader. However, throughout the whole story, there's an issue with post hoc fallacy, as there is no proof the drink actually caused all the sickness going around.