可樂飲料被曝可致癌：可樂到底還能不能喝了？

An ingredient used in Coca-Cola and Pepsi is a cancer risk and should be banned, an influential lobby group has claimed.
美國一家頗具影響力的機構近日聲稱在可口可樂和百事可樂中發現一種致癌物，要求禁止使用該物質。

The concerns relate to an artificial brown colouring agent that the researchers say could be causing thousands of cancers.‘The caramel colouring used in Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and other foods is contaminated with two cancer-causing chemicals and should be banned,’said the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a health lobby group based in Washington, DC.
位於美國華盛頓特區的公共利益科學中心（CSPI）認爲在可樂中發現的焦糖色可以使數千人有致癌的風險，應當禁止使用。

This morning Coca-Cola rejected the CSPI’s concerns. A spokesman said: ‘Our beverages are completely safe. CSPI’s statement irresponsibly insinuates that the caramel used in our beverages is unsafe and maliciously raises cancer concerns among consumers. This does a disservice to the very public for which CSPI purports to serve. Studies show that the caramel we use does not cause cancer.’
今早，可口可樂公司迴應了公共利益科學中心（CSPI）的指責，一名發言人表示，“我們的飲料是絕對安全的。CSPI很不負責任地在聲明中質疑我們飲料中所使用的焦糖色的安全性，並無端挑起消費者對癌症的擔憂。CSPI一直宣稱是服務於大衆的非政府組織，但此舉卻是對公衆的損害而非服務。研究表明，我們產品中使用的焦糖色不會導致癌症。”