more pure than tap water or soft drink

Gets to be more of a joke as this goes on. US tap water standards are 5ppb of benzene. US soft drinks found with an average of 19ppb and up to 55ppb.

Maybe CXY could get a license from Coke-a-Cola to bottle drinks!

See below.

Carcinogens in soft drinks
Main article: Benzene in soft drinks
Benzene is a known carcinogen, or cancer-causing agent. Major soft drink companies have had documentation of benzene contamination in soft drinks since at least 1990. It was originally thought that the contamination was caused by contaminated carbon dioxide, but research has shown that benzoates and ascorbic acid or erythorbic acid can react to produce benzene. [11] (Gardner & Lawrence, 1993). // Background Benzene is a carcinogen. ... For benzine, see petroleum ether. ... The hazard symbol for carcinogenic chemicals in the Globally Harmonized System. ... For benzine, see petroleum ether. ... Benzoates (salts of benzoic acid) can refer to: Potassium benzoate Sodium benzoate Category: ... This article deals with the molecular aspects of ascorbic acid. ... Erythorbic acid or erythorbate formerly known as isoascorbic acid and D-araboascorbic acid is a stereoisomer of ascorbic acid. ...


In 2006, the United Kingdom Food Standards Agency published the results of its survey of benzene levels in soft drinks[12], which tested 150 products and found that four contained benzene levels above the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for drinking water. The agency asked for these to be removed from sale. The United States Food and Drug Administration released its own test results of several soft drinks and beverages containing benzoates and ascorbic or erythorbic acid. Five tested beverages contained benzene levels above the Environmental Protection Agency's recommended standard of 5 ppb. The Environmental Working Group [13] has uncovered additional FDA test results that showed the following results: Of 24 samples of diet soda tested between 1995 and 2001 for the presence of benzene, 19 (79 %) had amounts of benzene in excess of the federal tap water standard of 5 ppb. Average benzene levels were 19 ppb, about four times tap water standard. One sample contained 55 ppb of benzene, 11 fold tap water standards. Despite these findings, as of 2006, the FDA stated its belief that "the levels of benzene found in soft drinks and other beverages to date do not pose a safety concern for consumers" [14]. The Food Standards Agency is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom. ... WHO redirects here. ... FDA redirects here. ... EPA redirects here. ... This page refers to concentration in the chemical sense. ...