Article: Lunchbox soft drinks removed in cancer scare.

Byline: SEAN POULTER

FOUR soft drinks were taken off the shelves yesterday after they were found to contain the potentially cancer- causing chemical benzene.

The move was prompted by the Food Standards Agency, which tested 150 of the best- selling drinks in the UK.

Although there is no official legal limit for benzene in soft drinks, regulators in Britain set a maximum contamination limit in tap water of one part per billion.

The World Health Organisation sets a more general advisory limit for drinks of ten parts per billion.

Four products, including 'healthy' school lunchbox favourites, were found to be above the WHO ...

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