8月25日,美国本土一群号称“为儿童消费者安全把关”的家长们一纸诉状,把可口可乐告上了法庭,理由是其饮品中的化学成分可能导致致癌物——苯的生成,他们说医学研究已经证明,苯与多种白血病的发生有关联。不过,可口可乐在美国遭遇的“苯诉讼”远没有印度“杀虫剂事件”带给消费 On August 25, a group of U.S. natives claiming “safety checks for children’s consumers” filed a petition filed for Coca-Cola on the grounds that the chemical components of their drinks could cause the carcinogen, benzene, to form Medical research has shown that benzene is associated with a variety of leukemias. However, the “benzene litigation” suffered by Coca-Cola in the United States is far from being consumed by India’s “pesticide incident.”