When small amounts of benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, were found in some soft drinks 16 years ago, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) never told the public.
That's because the beverage industry told the government it would handle the problem and the FDA thought the problem was solved.
But benzene has turned up again. The FDA found levels in some soft drinks higher than what it found in 1990 and two to four times higher than what's considered safe for drinking water.
The FDA again finds benzene in sodas
