U.S. parents sue soft drink companies over benzene in kids' drinks

[lovuian]

http://english.pravda.ru/news/world/12-04-2006/79057-drink-0

Two soft-drink companies were sued Tuesday by parents complaining that there might be cancer-causing benzene in kids' drinks.

Attorneys filed class-action lawsuits against the companies in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston and Leon County Circuit Court in Tallahassee, Florida. They accused Polar Beverages Inc. and In Zone Brands Inc. of not taking steps to keep benzene from forming in their beverages.

Benzene, a chemical linked to leukemia, can form in soft drinks containing two ingredients: Vitamin C, also called ascorbic acid, and either sodium benzoate or potassium benzoate.

The presence of those ingredients doesn't mean benzene is present. Scientists say factors such as heat or light exposure can trigger a reaction that forms benzene in the beverages.

"It's impossible for parents to know which soft drinks are safe and which contain cancer-causing benzene," said Timothy Newell, one of the plaintiffs.
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[kurth]

1. The corn syrup will probably get the kids before the benzene

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

2. "GMO" corn at that!--wreck an immune system like a Monster Truck on Sundee

Best source available for your daily GMO corn-
anyone interested can Google GMO Corn-

it aint pretty

[burrowowl]

3. Corn syrup and

benzene .... Hmmm! could be a fatal mixture in the long run.

[SoCalDem]

4. Iced tea..straight..that's what my kids drank..

Why?

I did not buy soda.. Sometimes they got koolaid

occasionally they would order it when we wnet out to dinner, but I kept koolaid and iced tea..

Mom & Dad drank iced tea, so that's what they drank

[fortyfeetunder]

5. soft drinks? What's happened with plain ol' water?

:sarcasm: might have to sue the water companies too, for all the chemicals in water :sarcasm:

[ecoalex]

6. Even good old sucrose aka white sugar is bad shit

White deaths; sugar, crisco, flour,margerine. All cause many metabolic diseases. Whole foods people.