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Default Your FDA Sez: "No Concerns on Benzene in Soft Drinks"

Check the stats lamo...Most federal employees are democrats...The FDA tests
are done most likely by Godless Socialists...like you
> wrote in message
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> If the very politically- and fundamentalist-christian-connected
> (Republican Party-controlled) Federal Drug Administration (FDA) says
> something's safe, you can bet it means that 'something' is:
>
> a) Safe for business investment, or
>
> b) Unacceptable for birth control.
>
> Yoou can take comfort in knowing that the FDA has no problem with a
> little benzene in your Pepsi or 7Up.
>
> ===
> FINDINGS
> The Washington Post
> Wednesday, March 29, 2006; Page A10
>
> "FDA: No Concerns on Benzene in Soft Drinks"
>
> No safety concerns have arisen from tests for the cancer-causing
> chemical benzene in soft drinks, the Food and Drug Administration said
> Tuesday, but it did not disclose its findings. The FDA started testing
> soft drinks after a private study in November found small amounts of
> benzene in some.
>
> In the vast majority of drinks sampled, benzene was not found or was
> present at levels below the federal limit for drinking water, it said.
>
> "Although the results to date are preliminary, they do not suggest a
> safety concern," Robert E. Brackett, director of the Center for Food
> Safety and Applied Nutrition, wrote in a letter released Tuesday.
>
> A "very, very few samples" had slightly elevated levels of benzene,
> said Laura Tarantino, the agency's director of food additive safety.
>
> The letter was a pointed retort to an environmental group that is
> calling for benzene warnings on soft drinks.
>
> The Environmental Working Group asked the FDA to warn the public about
> soft drinks containing two ingredients that can form benzene. The
> ingredients are ascorbic acid and benzoate preservatives, also known as
> vitamin C and sodium or potassium benzoate.
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...032802018.html
>