The post on Mello Yello stirred up a memory I had.

When I was 5th grade and older, a rumor was passed around that there was a chemical in Mountain Dew that would make you infertile (if you were a male). I remember stridently avoiding Mountain Dew for the sake of my future offspring. If I saw anyone drinking Mountain Dew, I felt it my obligation to warn them of the harm they could be doing.

There was never any scientific evidence (that I know of) to back this up; the only explaination I was ever given was that they used very strange chemicals to create that green color. Had I looked at the ingredients, I would have noted that the color was acheived by begnin food dye.

Has anyone else heard of this urban legend?

ya I heard that all of the time in school when I was younger, same as the sprite gives you a small dick rumor. But kids are always making stuff up.

Yeh I remember this rumor. I never believed it.

The rumor wasn't specific to Mountain Dew.

The rumor pertained to Yellow #5, the coloring added to Mountain Dew, Mello Yello, etc. I had actually completely forgotten about all that. I never bought into all that, but at that middle school age, boys can be very paranoid about damaging their dinkle.

I remember a similar thing where I knew guys that would never want to ride bikes because they saw something on tv about how it damages the area.

nice , i also herd this rumour

i heard that you have to drink a lot of mountain dew for this to actually happen, like a gallon or something

I remember that, there was also a rumor about wearing boxers makes your genitals droopy while wearing tighty wightys keeps you secure.....

I've never heard of any of these rumors. And I'm glad too otherwise I might have never tired soda back then.

I remember panicked teenage boys calling in on Loveline and saying they had drank too much Mountain Dew. I think Adam Carolla would always yell at them.

Yeah I remember it. I always thought it was a rather foolish rumor to believe though since there was no real scientific evidence to prove it.

Yeah I remember those... My dad told me that because he didnt want me drinking all that caffene

I never believed that rumour. Only heard about the shrinkage rumour but not the infertility one. But I wish pop really did cause infertility, without causing shrinkage, because if it means no babies for me, then that's good.