talking real threat: Benzoate 苯甲酸防腐剂 致癌线路之一

Benzoate 苯甲酸防腐剂 + vitamin C =<热,pH>=> Benzene 苯 -> Leukemia 白血病

FDA has actual data on this topic, please decide for yourself -
{
Safeway Select Diet Orange, lot 1 79.2
AquaCal Strawberry Flavored Water Beverage, lot 1 23.4
Crystal Light Sunrise Classic Orange, lot 1* 76.6 87.9
}
FDA data on benzoate-derived benzene

Benzene is a very potent known/ confirmed human carcinogen - EPA class A. These numbers are very frightening because these drinks are cheap & popular, universally available to preschool and school kids in america. Government says causes of pediatric leukemia are unclear, perhaps they should fire FDA bosses first.

The problem of unwanted benzene production happens not only in store-shelf soft drinks, but inside your body as well. For example, yogurt is regarded as a healthy immune boosting food, but do you know some yogurt you swallowed contains high concentration of benzoate? If you pay attention to read the ingradients list, you will find the more expensive yogurt cup has shorter shelf-life than the less expensive benzoate-preserved yogurt cup. Trading human life for shelf-life, again. What if you take a big vitamin C or multivitamin pill together with that benzoate yogurt? Vitamin C is also good for your immune, your health, of course.

However, benzene is not, and leukemia is not fun.