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Benzene in beverages.

Publication: FDA Consumer
Publication Date: 01-SEP-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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The Food and Drug Administration is working with the beverage industry to ensure that benzene levels in soft drinks and other beverages are as low as possible. Benzene is a chemical used in dyes and detergents, and in some plastics. It's also released into the air from automobile emissions be...

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...and results from burning coal and oil. Benzene may produced in soft drinks and other beverages with certain ingredient combinations. High levels of benzene in workplace air have caused cancer in workers.

The FDA has no regulatory limits for benzene in beverages other than bottled water. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has established a maximum contaminant level for benzene of 5 parts...

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