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Titolo: 'Weapon of Mass Destruction'...

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_331615,001300400013.htm
Charges against Coke, Pepsi being studied: Sushma
Reuters
New Delhi, August 6, 2003
The Government said on Wednesday that it was investigating a report by an
environment group over pesticides in soft drinks sold by Coca-Cola and
PepsiCo, even as Parliament stopped their sale on its premises.
"It is a very serious matter. I have asked for a comprehensive report,"
Health Minister Sushma Swaraj told Lok Sabha.
The Indian units of Coca-Cola Co and PepsiCo Inc have rejected the report by
the New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment, which said soft
drinks sold in India had high levels of pesticides such as DDT and
malathion.
The two soft drink giants said in a rare joint conference on Tuesday that
their products sold in India conformed to world standards and they were
prepared for tests by independent and certified labs.
"The report is baseless and should be disregarded. We conform to the best
international norms. We're open to our product being tested anywhere in the
world by an independent and accredited laboratory," Rajeev Bakshi, CEO of
Pepsi India, told reporters.
Some parliament deputies said the report had caused panic and demanded the
government impose a nationwide ban on the sale of Coke and Pepsi soft
drinks.
"As chairman of the food committee of parliament, I announce the supply of
Pepsi and Coca-Cola will be discontinued in parliament," lawmaker E. Ahmed
said.
A clerk in parliament's government-run restaurant where deputies dine said
he had received instructions not to sell Coke or Pepsi soft drinks.
The Centre for Science and Environment is a private, non-government
organisation that has campaigned aggressively in the past on green issues,
including a successful campaign for use of non-polluting compressed natural
gas for public transport in the Indian capital, one of the world's most
polluted cities.
The centre said tests conducted by its Pollution Monitoring Laboratory
showed cold drink brands sold by the two firms in India contained four toxic
pesticides and insecticides: lindane, DDT, malathion and chlorpyrifos.
Soft drinks in India had high pesticide residues because the soft drink and
bottled water industry uses an enormous amount of ground water as basic raw
material, it said.
The environment group said it had found no pesticides in tests of Coke and
Pepsi soft drinks brands sold in the United States. (Guarda caso)...
K
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<<And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed -if all records
told the same tale -- then the lie passed into history and became truth.>>,
George Orwell, 1984.


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From the little I know Coke and Pepsi are bottled, using the secret-formula
concentrate supplied by The Coca Cola Company or PepsiCo. Inc., by licensed
soft drink manufacturers in the countries where they are sold.
A similar case was reported some years ago about, I believe, Belgian Coke.
So, is the concentrate responsible for the high pesticide residues, or could
it be the water?
And should we worry about drinking Coke and Pepsi in India alone or also
elsewhere?
Buzzi

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Who knows...However it is not healthy anyway (with or without pesticides)...
K


You have obviously been conspiring with my wife who is always insisting that
I should drink a glass of wine or beer instead :-)
Ciao,
Buzzi

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You must be a lucky man. I keep saying that to my wife ... ;-) who wants me
to drink mainly soft-drinks...and herbal tea... :-(
K

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Il problema in Belgio, se non ricordo male, stava nel fatto che le
Coca-Cole erano contaminate esternamente da un pesticida.
La Coca-Cola e la Pepsi vengono prodotte localmente in stabilimenti
che debbono rispettare le leggi locali.
Se uno stabilimento produce male prendetevela con lui.
Se il distributore (locale) stocca la merce in magazzini contaminati
prendetevela con il distributore (locale).
Mirco

However it is not healthy anyway (with or without pesticides)...
*ROTFL*
Se a te non piace lasciala bere a chi piace :)
-Stefano

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STRAROTFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tavole