[et-al]

Could be correlated to issue 1 with plastic containers. In the US, soda generally comes in aluminum cans or 2L plastic bottles, whereas coffee and tea aren't.

Anyways, I still think sedentary lifestyles and stress play a larger role than plastics, but those are harder to isolate and control for researchers.

[gabea]

Aluminum soda cans are actually lined with plastic. So either way you are going to be consuming soda from plastic.

See this link -> https://interestingengineering.com/science/new-viral-video-r...

And this one about BPA which is quite cringeworthy from Coca-Cola -> https://www.coca-cola.ca/faqs/coca-cola-faqs-health/do-coca-...