A government study has found five different varieties of toxins in soft drinks manufactured by multinational companies Coca Cola and PepsiCo, an Indian Express report revealed.
The toxins had reportedly percolated into the drinks from the PET bottles they were stored in.
The cold drinks tested were Pepsi, Mountain Dew and 7Up (all owned by PepsiCo), as well as Coca Cola and Sprite (owned by Coca Cola).
The tests recovered traces of heavy metals antimony, lead, chromium, cadmium and compound DEHP or Di(2-ethylhexyl). The tests also found that the extent of leaching also increased with a rise in the room temperature.