Soft Drinks - Drink your way to Cancer

Soda has already been linked with weight gain and cavities; now the FDA admits that some popular soft drinks could contain a carcinogen. Last month, the FDA quietly revealed that some soft drinks were found to contain the human carcinogen benzene in levels up to 10-20 parts per billion (ppb) - four times the acceptable limit found in drinking water. Benzene, a chemical linked to leukemia and other forms of cancer, forms in certain beverages under certain conditions, such as exposure to heat and light.

Almost as alarming as the existence of benzene in soft drinks is that the FDA knew about the problem for more than 15 years, yet never revealed it to the public or took adequate measures to fix it.

For more details: http://www.alternet.org/story/33380/

Among others FDA, Coca cola, Pepsi & Cadbury Schweppes are the guilty parties. I was really surprised to find Cad Schweppes part of this list! After attending ICs I thought that this was one company you could trust.