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GUEST: Amit Srivastava, Coordinator of the India Resource Center, Director of Global Resistance

Persistent allegations of pesticide contamination in Coke and Pepsi products in India have led to partial bans on the products in a quarter of India’s states. A complex legal battle to overturn the bans is only just beginning. The India-based Center for Science and the Environment reported that drinks manufactured by the two companies in India contained on average more than 24 times the safe limits of pesticides. Within days several states one after the other announced partial bans on Coke and Pepsi products, preventing them from being sold in government offices, hospitals and schools. Politicians jumped on the bandwagon and the southern state of Kerala introduced a total ban on the sale and production of colas.

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Read Amit Srivastava’s report on Coca Cola here: http://www.indiaresource.org/news/2006/2009.html