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Food & Drink Weekly, Sept 11, 2006
Coke and Pepsi sued over benzene content in certain products: Coca-Cola Co. has been hit by a lawsuit claiming some Coke products contain unsafe levels of benzene. The lawsuit, issued in Kansas on August 25 alleges that tests on Coke's Vault Zero beverage found 13 parts per billion of benzene, considerably higher than the Environmental Protection Agency's 5ppb limit for drinking water.
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Coke's Vault Zero was added to the lawsuit alongside PepsiCo's Diet Wild Cherry and Kraft Food's Crystal Light Sunrise Classic Orange. Coke has dismissed the claims, telling local reporters that the lawsuit is less about consumer safety and more about "lining lawyer's pockets".
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