Calls for Banning some Soft Drinks in Schools!

A group of public health experts have written a letter to the state education officials, urging them to ban certain soft drinks in schools until they are proven safe. The strong worded letter impressed the urgency of the matter. "It is irresponsible to provide to schoolchildren products that are unhealthy and may contain a carcinogen," the letter stated.

Among the soft drinks that contain ascorbic acid and sodium or potassium benzoate are Diet Pepsi Wild Cherry, Fanta Orange, Hawaiian Punch, Mug Root Beer, Pepsi Vanilla, Sierra Mist, Sunkist and Tropicana Lemonade.

The signatories, who included experts in pediatrics and activists for student health, asked that state and local education officials halt the marketing and sales of certain soft drinks in schools "until you can look parents in the eye and assure them that their children will suffer no harm."

We covered the original story about benzene and its possible harmful effects on kids here.




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