Lyena i-CSPI (Center for Science in the Public Interest) usanda kuchazela iDaily Mail ukuthi uCoca-Cola noPepsi basebenzisa i-caramel, ukufaka imibala eziphuzweni zabo, okuyi-carcinogenic. Ngempela, izinto ezimbili zamakhemikhali zibangela umdlavuza: 2-MI no-4-MI.
Okhulumela le nhlangano ucacisa ukuthi: "Ngokungafani ne-caramel elungiselelwe ekhaya, ngokuncibilikisa ushukela epanini, inguqulo yokufakelwa esuselwa kumbala" coca "kungumphumela wokutholwa kwamakhemikhali okutholwe yinhlanganisela kashukela, i-ammonia kanye ama-sulphites alethwe ekushiseni okuphezulu ”. Le nqubo izodala lezi zinto ezimbili ezinobuthi okuthi, ngokwezifundo zamagundane, zidale umdlavuza wamaphaphu, isibindi, i-thyroid ne-leukemia. Ochwepheshe bathi lolu hlobo lwe-caramel lungadala izinkulungwane zomdlavuza. Isikhungo sokuvikela ubuthi saseMelika ngabe siliqinisekisile iqiniso lokuthi lezi zinto ezimbili zingaba yi-carcinogenic ezilwaneni ngakho-ke zingaba kubantu. I-CSPI ikholelwa ukuthi lo mbala wokufakelwa awulethi noma yimuphi umsoco weziphuzo eziphuzweni, ikakhulukazi njengoba kukhona ezinye izindlela zokunikeza lo mbala onsundu-mnyama njengama-beet kanye nezaqathe ngokwesibonelo.
Umqondisi we-CSPI ngaleyo ndlela umane acele i-FDA (Ukudla Nezidakamizwa Ukuphatha) ukuthi lezi ziphuzo ezimbili zivunyelwe.
Lezi zindaba kusobala ukuthi azijabulisanga wonke umuntu. UCoca-Cola uphendule ngokuqinisekisa ukuthi "iziphuzo zethu ziphephe ngokuphelele" futhi wengeza ngokuthi "ukukhishwa kwe-CSPI ngempilo yabantu nomdlavuza akunasisekelo ngokuphelele".
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