Coke, Pepsi have carcinogens: CSPI

Coke, Pepsi have carcinogens: CSPI
http://www.stonehearthnewsletters.com/coke-pepsi-have-carcinogens-cspi/food-safety/

"New chemical analyses have found that Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, Diet Coke, and Diet Pepsi contain high levels of 4-methylimidazole (4-MI), a known animal carcinogen. The carcinogen forms when ammonia or ammonia and sulfites are used to manufacture the "caramel coloring" that gives those sodas their distinctive brown colors, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the nonprofit watchdog group that commissioned the tests. CSPI first petitioned the FDA to ban ammonia-sulfite caramel coloring in February 2011."