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(Silver Spring, MD) The Food and Drug Administration confirms it’s investigating problems with Monster energy drinks.

This after the product was linked to five deaths, plus a heart attack.

A California family filed a wrongful death suit last week.

The FDA says despite the investigation, it doesn’t prove the energy drinks are the root cause of the fatalities.