Soda Causing CANCER?

WJLA ABC 7 February 24, 2006 Soda Health Concerns On February 24 and February 27, 2006, EWG (Environmental Working Group) purchased the following drinks at four major retail outlets in Washington, DC. They all contained ascorbic acid and either sodium benzoate or potassium benzoate—the ingredients that the FDA and the beverage industry have said can mix together to form benzene, a known human carcinogen. The actual levels of benzene formed in these products may be at trace levels and well within legal limits for drinking water. Country Time Lemonade Crystal Light Sunrise Classic Orange Diet Pepsi Twist Diet Pepsi Vanilla Diet RockStar Energy Drink Fanta Orange Fanta Pineapple Fruit20 Plus 10 Natural Apple Giant Fruity Punch Cooler Hawaiian Punch Fruit Juicy Red Hawaiian Punch Lemonade Hi-C Blast, Orange Supernova Kool-Aid Jammers Blue-Raspberry Kool-Aid Jammers Cherry Kool-Aid Jammers Grape Kool-Aid Jammers Orange Lo-Carb Monster Energy Monster Energy Pepsi Twist Lemon RockStar Energy Drink Sierra Mist Sunkist Sunny D Sunny D Baja Sunny D Intense Sport Cool Punch Sunny D Orange-Fused Strawberry Sunny D Smooth Sunny D Smooth + Calcium Tampico Citrus Punch Tampico Grape Punch Tampico Tropical Punch Tropicana Twister Diet Soda (Diet Orange) Tropicana Twister Soda Grape Tropicana Twister Soda Orange Tropicana Twister Soda Strawberry