Subject culprit: Benzene, a known carcinogen and is linked to leukemia.
On April 2006, class action lawsuits were filed in Massachusetts and Florida against two soft drink companies -- Polar Beverages, Inc. and In Zone Brands, Inc. -- over alleged benzene content in their products.
Allegedly, said soft drink makers are not properly ensuring that benzene wouldn't form in their sodas. To substantiate the claim, an independent study measured the benzene levels in soft drinks and found an over the federal drinking water limit amount in both companies' products.
Beverage manufacturers have been instructed to add ingredients that would prevent benzene from forming. The suit claims that the subject soft drink companies failed to follow such preventive procedure.
This is good consumer information. The public may clamor for the removal of the companies' products in the shelves. Thank you.