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The list of companies sued for allowing benzene to form in their fruit drinks is growing. 
 
Coca Cola and Cadbury Schweppes are the latest, both because of pineapple-flavored drinks: Coca Cola's Fanta Orange Pineapple and Cadbury Crush Pineapple were both tested above the safe limit by an independent lab in Florida. 
 
The reaction between certain preservatives and vitamin C that forms benzene has been known since 1990, and companies had pledged to reformulate to avoid it. 
 
Previous companies named are PepsiCo, Kraft, Ocean Spray, Polar, and Zone.

Florida Benzene Lawsuit To Add Coca-Cola And Cadbury Schweppes As ...

AMonline.com - 5/25/2006 5:34 PM

Coca-Cola and Cadbury Schweppes have joined the list of beverage firms set to be sued in Florida over allegations their drinks contained benzene, 15 years after the industry first pledged to fix the problem, according to justbeverages.com.
 
The Florida lawsuit alleges independent lab tests found Coca Cola's Fanta Orange Pineapple contaminated with benzene at 4.7 times the five parts per billion limit for benzene in U.S. drinking water.
 
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