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Five US soft drinks were found containing the cancer-causing chemical benzene at levels above the legal limit for drinking water, America’s food safety watchdog has announced, sparking calls for more thorough testing. [source]
Women who gain weight as adults face a higher lifetime risk of all types of breast cancer, researchers reported on Monday.
The study adds to a large body of evidence showing that weight and breast cancer can be closely linked. [source]
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05.22.06 | Brad commented: It is really shocking and very difficult to believe that some soft drinks are having chemicals that are going to effect our health to great extend.
05.22.06 | Kat commented: I'm really horrified at that soda story. How can it possibly be legal to use any sort of carcinogen in any food products? Shouldn't the 'allowed amount' by default be 'none at all'!?
05.23.06 | renee commented: *sigh* I feel the same way Kat, the more I learn about the food industry the more I realize things are allowed based on how much money greases palms...consumer be damned. 
05.24.06 | TaylorM commented: While I think it's important to be aware of this issue, I'm actually not really concerned about it myself. While I don’t drink any of the sodas they're talking about, I think that drinking this stuff in moderation is okay. Plus I read somehwere that these tests are comparing the level of benzene found in soda to that found in drinking water - which isn't really comparable. You'd have to drink A LOT of soda for it to have an effect, I think.
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The drinks are the healthyer "sodas" and flavored waters that is scary but I hope they'll clean it up.
Val