[pnews-news] Soft Drinks Withdrawn As Cancer Chemical Tops Limit- UK (Betty)

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From: "Dr. Betty Martini,D.Hum." <Bettym19@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

NEWS.SCOTSMAN.COM

Saturday, 1st April 2006


UK

<http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/>
The Scotsman

   Sat 1 Apr 2006


Soft drinks withdrawn as cancer chemical tops limit

SHAN ROSS

SUPERMARKETS have been ordered to withdraw soft drinks from their shelves 
after a number of the popular products were contaminated by a potentially 
cancer-causing chemical.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) ordered the products to be withdrawn after 
finding levels of benzene at nearly treble the guideline limits in a Co-op 
own-brand drink. Three other soft drinks on sale throughout the UK also 
contained levels of the chemical exceeding World Health Organisation 
guidelines.

The Co-op has withdrawn more than 45,000 bottles of its one-litre 
low-calorie bitter lemon drink from its 3,000 outlets in the UK, including 
500 in Scotland.

Professor Hugh Pennington, a leading microbiologists, said people should 
not be alarmed - but said he supported FSA calls for soft drinks to be 
manufactured without any detectable traces of benzene, which the FSA says 
can cause cancer in humans. Its presence in some soft drinks is due to the 
interaction between the preservative sodium benzoate and ascorbic acid 
(vitamin C).

The traces emerged during a survey of 150 soft drinks on sale in the UK. 
Dr Andrew Wadge, FSA director of food safety, said the vast majority of 
soft drinks tested were not a cause for concern, but added: "We are 
concerned about the levels in four drinks and have asked manufacturers to 
remove the affected batches from sale.

"But the levels of benzene reported in this survey will only make a 
negligible impact on people's overall exposure - any additional risk is 
likely to be minimal."

The other drinks are: 330ml Popstar-branded still, sugar-free lemon and 
lime drink; Morrisons own-brand two-litre, no-added-sugar pineapple and 
grapefruit crush, and Hyberry one-litre high-juice, no-added-sugar, 
blackcurrant squash.

This article: http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=502102006

Last updated: 01-Apr-06 01:27 BST

For information on aspartame www.wnho.net and www.dorway.com Aspartame 
information list on www.wnho.net

Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum, Founder
Mission Possible International
9270 River Club Parkway
Duluth, Georgia 30097


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