Soft drinks and cancer
The two ingredients you're concerned about are sodium benzoate and ascorbic acid. Many soft drink companies add sodium benzoate (an antimicrobial agent) and ascorbic acid (vitamin c)
to their products as preservatives. Under normal conditions, there is
no problem because both of these compounds are safe. But when a bottled
soft drink that contains these compounds is exposed to excess light and
heat, the benzoate and ascorbic acid can form a substance called
benzene.
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