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[bryceharper90]

I agree that it's a concern but here is two things I quickly found on Wikipedia "Benzene in soft drinks" article that refute the point you are trying to make.

"Other factors that affect the formation of benzene are heat and light. Storing soft drinks in warm conditions speeds up the formation of benzene. Calcium disodium EDTA and sugars have been shown to inhibit benzene production in soft drinks.[2]"

Read Vitamin Fizz's ingredients label. It has EDTA in it as well as sugar alcohols. So VF has 2 ingredients that inhibit benzene.

Here's another quote from the Wikipedia article:

"While there are alternatives to using sodium benzoate as a preservative, the casual consumption of such a drink is unlikely to pose a significant health hazard to a particular individual (see, for example, the EPA IRIS document on benzene[7]).

The UK Food Standards Agency has stated that people would need to drink at least 20 litres (5.5 gal) per day of a drink containing benzene at 10 µg to equal the amount of benzene they would breathe from city air every day.[8]"

Even if Vitamin Fizz did have unsafe levels of benzene and for some reason the EDTA didn't inhibit the benzene production, you would still have to drink over 20 liters of Vitamin Fizz per day to match the levels of benzene you are exposed to daily if you live in a major city... I don't think anyone is drinking 20 liters per day LOL.

Another nice try Obee but I think you're being a tad bit alarmist yet again

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