India Fizzes With Cola Controversy (pesticides)

[phoebe]

An Indian environmental group claims colas manufactured in India by the Coca-Cola Corporation and Pepsico contain unhealthy amounts of some pesticides.

On Friday, authorities in the Indian state of Gujarat began collecting bottles of cola for testing, reports the Times of India.

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The Center tested 12 brands of soft drinks — Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Diet Pepsi, Blue Pepsi, 7-Up, Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite and several local brands — for the presence of 28 pesticides and four other chemicals.

It found that all brands contained at least 0.0008 miligrams per liter of the pesticide Lindane, at least eight times the healthy limit as defined by European health regulators. It found DDT in most samples, including Coke, but not Diet Pepsi.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/08/health/main567405.shtml

[sujan]

1. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=56786&mesg_id=56786

[phoebe]

2. my bad...been away too long I guess..

n/t