All the things you'd have to put in LaCroix to get me to stop drinking it

Maybe if you put human feet, staples, and actual poison in, I'd give it up. Maybe.

Seltzer.
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Everybody's favorite brightly colored, boldly flavored seltzer brand is being sued over the claim that its "all natural" label is misleading to consumers. The fun little detail many sites are using to sensationalize this story is that LaCroix uses an ingredient also used in cockroach insecticide — or even that it contains cockroach insecticide.

This is nonsense.

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Samantha Grossman

Samantha Grossman is a freelance writer, editor, and content strategist based in Brooklyn, New York. A graduate of Northwestern University, she has worked on staff at TIME magazine and The Dodo, but her most important job is being the mother of a beautiful corgi named Simon.