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Posted By Dr. Mercola
March 10 2011
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/03/10/do-the-chemicals-that-turn-soda-brown-also-cause-cancer.aspx
Soda is bad for your health. But it may be even worse than you'd thought. According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), the "caramel coloring" used in Coke, Pepsi and other sodas is carcinogenic.
The artificial brown coloring is made by reacting corn sugar with ammonia and sulfites under high pressures and at high temperatures. This produces the chemicals 2-methylimidazole and 4-methylimidazole, which have been found to cause lung, liver and thyroid cancer in lab rats and mice.
Time Magazine reports: