Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Pepsi and Coke now unsanitary in India
Cocktail cola: The fizz in your softdrink is pesticide, says CSE PTI Wednesday, August 02, 2006 17:34 IST
"NEW DELHI: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Wednesday came out with a fresh study claiming the presence of "pesticide cocktail" in 11 brands of soft drink giants Coca Cola and PepsiCo, three years after the same brands were found to have contained pesticides.
On an average, the levels of deadly Lindane were over 54 times above the approved standards while one Coca Cola sample from Kolkata had this pesticide 140 times. Chlorpyrifos levels were on an average 47 times higher and a Coca Cola sample from Thane tested for this particular pesticide at a level that is 200 times than the approved levels.
"This is clearly unacceptable as we know that pesticides are tiny toxins and impact our bodies over time. Our soft drinks remain unsafe and unhealthy and public health remains severely compromised," said Narain."
There is a lot more in the report. What I would say is it means that if you want to survive and keep your health, DO NOT drink any drinks from the PepsiCola or CocaCola companies, in India, for the forseeable future. As I mentioned in an earlier blogpost, ThumsUp always used to taste of pesticide and now it seems that Pepsi and Coke are now keeping it in, maybe because it tastes better.
It is also good not to drink mineral waters if you wish to preserve clean water supplies, chai or coffee is still OK, AFAIK, as long as a clean source of water is used and boiling the water for a few minutes can help too. By the way I believe India is the largest tea producer in the world, far exceeding China though personally I prefer coffee.
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1045027
"NEW DELHI: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Wednesday came out with a fresh study claiming the presence of "pesticide cocktail" in 11 brands of soft drink giants Coca Cola and PepsiCo, three years after the same brands were found to have contained pesticides.
On an average, the levels of deadly Lindane were over 54 times above the approved standards while one Coca Cola sample from Kolkata had this pesticide 140 times. Chlorpyrifos levels were on an average 47 times higher and a Coca Cola sample from Thane tested for this particular pesticide at a level that is 200 times than the approved levels.
"This is clearly unacceptable as we know that pesticides are tiny toxins and impact our bodies over time. Our soft drinks remain unsafe and unhealthy and public health remains severely compromised," said Narain."
There is a lot more in the report. What I would say is it means that if you want to survive and keep your health, DO NOT drink any drinks from the PepsiCola or CocaCola companies, in India, for the forseeable future. As I mentioned in an earlier blogpost, ThumsUp always used to taste of pesticide and now it seems that Pepsi and Coke are now keeping it in, maybe because it tastes better.
It is also good not to drink mineral waters if you wish to preserve clean water supplies, chai or coffee is still OK, AFAIK, as long as a clean source of water is used and boiling the water for a few minutes can help too. By the way I believe India is the largest tea producer in the world, far exceeding China though personally I prefer coffee.
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1045027
# posted by uv : 7:20 AM
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