Mad Panda Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 Found this on my round of my usual sites. New Delhi, August 5 In a startling revelation, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) today said aerated waters produced by soft drinks manufacturers, including multinational giants Pepsico and Coca-Cola, contain pesticides and insecticides. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030806/main3.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Frett Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 Oh my, Any word if they're gonna fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samoa Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 Good thing I don't drink soda anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-=SD=- Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 The bottles of Coke and Pepsi that we purchased for study from stores in the USA have no residue. While the residue is 37 times higher in Pepsi, it is 45 times higher in Coca-Cola in India?, declared Ms Narain and pointed out that the same brands in the USA and Europe contained no such chemicals. whew... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guru Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 Indian pepsi and coke only :angry: ... American pepsi/coke was found to be within eec standard here is list/summary of mess: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dl...ist?msid=114847 :angry: Cola cos seek legal ways to kill toxic allegations TIMES NEWS NETWORK Coca-Cola and Pepsi today dragged the Maharashtra government and CSE to court by filing separate writ petitions in the Bombay and Delhi high courts respectively. [ 02:25:57 AM Saturday, August 09, 2003 , TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]Centre sends Coke, Pepsi samples for test ARAVIND GOWDA The Centre has sent Coke and Pepsi brand soft drinks to defence laboratories in Mysore and Kolkata for an analysis. [ 10:25:05 PM Friday, August 08, 2003 , TIMES NEWS NETWORK ] Coca-Cola challenges stock seizure by Maha govt in HC Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages on Friday moved the Mumbai high court challenging the Maharashtra government's action of confiscating huge stock of its aerated water products from the Pune plant. [ 09:30:43 PM Friday, August 08, 2003 , PTI ] High cadmium level spoted in Coke-Cola plants in WB After Plachimada in Kerala's Palakkad district, the presence of cadmium, a toxic metal, was detected in quantities above the hazardous level in the sludge of Coca-Cola bottling plants located in three West Bengal districts, including Kolkata. [ 08:20:32 PM Friday, August 08, 2003 , TIMES NEWS NETWORK ] People stay away from Coke, Pepsi after toxin scare Indian shopkeepers reported a plunge in sales of Coca-Cola and Pepsi soft drinks on Friday and some put out banners to deter buyers in a growing scare after an environment group said the beverages contained pesticides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacidz Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 Ahhhh well thats just bloody great. Who to believe, the retailers(Coke and Pepsi) or the CSE. Getting unsafe to drink most products these days, glad atmo alcohol is in the clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Player Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 All soft drinks are toxic...nothing that can strip the corosion off a car battery is good to ingest :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guru Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 from http://www.news24.com/News24/Finance/Compa...1399431,00.html David Kennedy, press officer at the United States embassy, told the Indian Express newspaper both companies had approached the commerce desk for support in advertisements claiming their products were safe. "We have decided not to intervene in the matter," Kennedy said. now pepsi and coke wants US to support them :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecander Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 Great and all the soda I drank when I was deployed in the middle east was arabic!! gah.. :x :angry: :pinch: :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstx Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunbiz_3000 Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 Anyway who would like to drink these things. All the soft drinks actually are toilet cleaners, since they clean spots better than the market available cleaners. There acidity is too high also, forget the pesticides. Today in the Indian Express there was an ad from Pepsi, that it didn't have any pesticides in its samples and all this was only rumours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guru Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll...how?msid=122651 Coke fires workers in West Bengal IANS[ SATURDAY, AUGUST 09, 2003 03:45:04 PM ]KOLKATA: A Coca-Cola factory here has slowed down production and fired 40 workers even as a state government report found that sludge from the factory contained high levels of lead and cadmium. Officials of the firm, however, said that the layoffs had nothing to do with the quality control report or an earlier survey by the Centre for Science and Environment, which found high levels of pesticides in Coke and Pepsi beverages. big business strikes back :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairon Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 Anyway who would like to drink these things. All the soft drinks actually are toilet cleaners, since they clean spots better than the market available cleaners. There acidity is too high also, forget the pesticides. Today in the Indian Express there was an ad from Pepsi, that it didn't have any pesticides in its samples and all this was only rumours Uh, plenty of people would, including me. :whistle: Nothing better then a fizzy cold pepsi blue / vanilla coke! :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaise Veteran Posted August 10, 2003 Veteran Share Posted August 10, 2003 Moved To Real World Issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John Teacake MVC Posted August 10, 2003 MVC Share Posted August 10, 2003 ok well im drinking coke right now and it hasnt put me off. ive been drinking it for years and it hasnt done any harm 2 me yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Frett Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 All soft drinks are toxic...nothing that can strip the corosion off a car battery is good to ingest :s You are correct, As a former car mechanic I can tell you the best way to clean those posts is coke and pepsi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etc. Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 Actually, you are all mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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