Coca Cola agrees to take carcinogenic benzene out of soda


	Coca Cola agrees to take carcinogenic benzene out of soda

zephyr1

5-19-2007 4:09 PM

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coca cola, benzene, epa, preservatives

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5-19-2007 8:32 PM

bioplasmik

What will be the replacement chemical?? Perhaps MORE arsenic?

5-19-2007 9:31 PM

The REAL Napster

Wait till you see what happens to Aspartame (and other artficial sweetners) when diet sodas are subjected to high temperatures...like say, desert heat.

5-20-2007 11:53 AM

X-Ray Mike

like say, desert heat.

I've heard about this before....not a good thing.

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It's true: many bottled soft drinks and related beverages contain benzene, a well-known carcinogen. Benzene is a major industrial contaminant: a powerful solvent sometimes used in the manufacture of plastics. You take in a fair amount every day through air pollution and in drinking water.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lighterfootstep.com/coca-cola-agrees-to-take-carcinogenic-benzene-out-of-soda.html"><DIV>
Coca-Cola and other bottlers aren't putting it there on purpose, of course. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has known for almost fifteen years that potassium benzoate and sodium benzoate -- commonly used as preservatives in soda drinks -- can react with the ascorbic acid, which is also added to ensure product freshness. The result is benzene.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lighterfootstep.com/coca-cola-agrees-to-take-carcinogenic-benzene-out-of-soda.html"><DIV>
How much benzene? More than is safe or necessary. The EPA defines a "safe" level of benzene as zero. In tap water, levels should not exceed 5 parts per billion.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lighterfootstep.com/coca-cola-agrees-to-take-carcinogenic-benzene-out-of-soda.html">
The Environmental Working Group, a watchdog organization, found levels of benzene in soft drinks at levels <A href="http://www.ewg.org/issues/toxics/20060404/letter20060404.php#table" title="Benezene in sodas">between 5 and 138 parts per billion</A>.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4B2B825B-9F79-406B-A408-60401797B7C1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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