Coca-Cola changes recipe over cancer concern
While Health Canada considers the ingredient to be safe, the company is tweaking its drink to avoid criticism.

We all know we ought to cut down on the soft drinks, but could an addiction to pop actually give you cancer? Possibly, according to a controversial study by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, an American consumer group.
CPSI released the results of the study earlier this week, saying that Coke, Pepsi and the diet versions of each contain high levels of a chemical that is known to cause cancer in lab rats. The ingredient is in the caramel colouring that gives cola its signature brown hue.
The state of California added the compound in question, called 4-methylimidazole or 4-MI, to its list of known carcinogens in 2011.
However, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a statement that drinking cola poses no immediate risk to consumers — in fact, a person would have to drink more than a thousand cans of soda daily to match the amount of the substance given to rats in lab studies.
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