The Supreme Court has issued notices to two cola giants [Coca-Cola, PepsiCo] on a PIL [Public Interest Litigation] that followed the report revealing unacceptable amounts of pesticide residues in colas. The fact that this issue has resurfaced on the same lines as it did in August 2003 shows that the more things change, the more they remain the same. Despite a joint parliamentary committee and much ado about the issue, neither the consumer nor the cola companies have been able to get a clear-cut resolution of the issue. In a country like India where all foodstuff has unusually high levels of pesticides, the government has to arrive at some kind of consensus as to what constitutes safe levels in colas, other foodstuff and, indeed, the very water that we drink.