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Article

12 Aug 2003

Author:
Arjun Sen, News Editor of The Economic Times [India], in The Statesman [India]

Heat on cold drinks [re Coca-Cola & Pepsi in India]

A CSE [Centre for Science and Environment] test found 12 soft-drink brands of Coke and its global rival Pepsi contained pesticides and insecticides in excess of the European Economic Commission’s limit...On 8 August, a West Bengal government report said sludge and liquid effluents from Coke’s plants at Dankuni, Taratala and Jalpaiguri and Pepsi’s at Narendrapur contained toxic metals and the carcinogen cadmium. On 6 August, Kerala State Pollution Control Board had confirmed that Coke’s bottling plant had indeed been polluting the groundwater and agricultural land in and around its Palakkad plant. Six months ago, CSE tests had found pesticides in leading packaged water brands, including those produced by Coke and Pepsi.