The post presents no evidence and plays into misinformation on these products that has been in circulation for years. The cells were called HEK here. A article in the scientific journal Nature said the HEK cell line originates from the kidney of an aborted human embryo from The cells were cloned and are widely used in biomedical research here. But it is a misrepresentation. Senomyx , an American biotechnology company develops flavour enhancers for use in food products.
To test these enhancers, they used taste receptors expressed in the HEK cell line, which was generated from the kidney cells of a fetus aborted in The situation here is the same as for vaccines.
Senomyx uses a cell line generated more than 40 years ago in the manufacturing of their product. No fetal cells were ever present in the final food products. The situation for anti-ageing creams that are manufactured using cell lines derived from fetuses is essentially the same story, and it is likely that these claims of fetal material in perfumes are the same as well.
I say likely because the Croatian Bishop Jezerinac appears to be the only one making the claim that fetuses are being used to make perfume. No fetuses are aborted for the purposes of making vaccines or face creams. There are protections in place to ensure that those seeking abortions are not influenced by the possible donation of their fetus to science. It is illegal to offer money in exchange for fetal tissue, and it is illegal to even discuss using fetal tissue for research with someone seeking an abortion before they have made their decision to terminate their pregnancy.
The use of cell lines derived from aborted fetal tissue is common, effective and necessary, and the vast majority of them are products of abortions that happened before I was even born. Even if you still oppose the use of fetal tissue in research, I would hope that the possible consequences of not vaccinating yourself or your children would trump your ethical concerns about the methods of vaccine manufacturing.
However, If you want to skip on the anti-ageing products due to ethical objections, that is just fine by me. HEK cells used nowadays are clones of those original cells, but are not themselves the cells of aborted babies. Senomyx, a biotechnology company, has patents appearing to relate to using HEK cells in developing flavourings.
HEK is not in the flavouring itself. PepsiCo confirmed to us that they do collaborate with Senomyx on research, but that none of that research uses any human tissue or cell lines derived from embryos or foetuses.
The caption accompanying the video clarifies that HEK cells are not themselves found in these products. The Coca Cola Company confirmed after publication of the article that, in addition to not using any products from Senomyx, it does not use any flavourings developed using HEK cells in any of its products. This article is part of our work fact checking potentially false pictures, videos and stories on Facebook.
You can read more about this—and find out how to report Facebook content— here. News this year has fractured communities, and caused confusion and panic for many of us.
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