Melondy Hill wrote:
> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>> Steve wrote about peach Nehi:
>>
>>> They're available in cans and plastic bottles.
>>> http://www.scottsiconiumstore.com/nehi.htm
>>>
>>>> *mumble-mumble...kill the politicians...grumble...*
>>> Nehi could just change their bottle. The same as Snapple and
>>> other drink manufacturers did for Texas and other states that
>>> don't allow glass bottles in public.
>>
>> The bottle is fine; California has no problem with glass bottles.
>> (Imagine the outcry from wineries if *that* happened!) But Nehi uses
>> some form of sweetener or dye that is on the LONG California list of
>> potential carcinogens. So California requires some kind of disclosure
>> label similar to the Surgeon General's warning on packs of cigarettes.
>> Nehi apparently decided that it would be too much trouble to comply,
>> so they simply pulled their wares out of California.
>>
>> Bob
>>
> I thought the problem was the ink on the outside of the bottle, that it
> was found to have something harmful to the reproductive systems. The
> fear was that the bottles would end up in the landfills and the toxins
> would filter into the watershed and pollute the drinking water for
> California. It was in violation of Prop. 65 the Clean Water Act.
>
> Melondy


Sodium benzoate (a preservative often used in soft drinks) can react with
vitamin C in the beverage (and maybe other acids) to form traces of benzene
— benzene causes cancer in California.

Best regards,
Bob