[cassowary]

That's hardly true. People criticise soft drinks all the time.

In any case, the difference between a cake with arsenic and a cake without arsenic is going to be significantly less than 1%, but I'm going to make my decision based on that less-than-one-percent.

[Chathamization]

> People criticise soft drinks all the time.

For health reasons. They're very rarely criticized for their environmental impact, when they're impact is almost certainly greater than bottled water (since they're not just water and a plastic bottle, but water, a plastic bottle, plus sweeteners and additives).

Some schools have banned bottled waters but allowed bottled soft drinks.