Guest guest Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 The following article was on the Rediffmail homepage in India. Home > Business > PTI > Report Pepsi, Coke contain pesticides: CSE August 05, 2003 15:14 IST Close on the heels of a major health scare on finding pesticides in bottled drinking water, a non-government organisation on Tuesday claimed that the bottled soft drinks owned by two multi national companies -- PepsiCo and Coke -- also failed the same health standards testing positive for pesticides. "12 major cold drink brands sold in Delhi and around contain a deadly cocktail of pesticide residues," Centre for Science and Environment said in New Delhi. Officials of both PepsiCo and Coke declined to comment on the tests saying the two companies will be holding a joint press conference later. According to the tests conducted by the Pollution Monitoring Laboratory of CSE, all samples contained residues of four extremely toxic pesticides and insecticides: lindane, DDT, malathion and chlorpyrifos. The PML team involved in the tests was Dr H B Mathur, Dr Sapna Johnson and Avinash Kumar. Three samples each of the 12 brands purchased from markets across the city, analysed in April-August and found to contain pesticides residues are Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Diet Pepsi, Mirinda orange, Mirinda Lemon, Blue Pepsi, 7-Up, Coca Cola, Fanta, Limca, Sprite and Thumbs Up. Mathur said these pesticides included potent carcinogens which can cause cancers and reduce bone mineral density. © Copyright 2003 PTI. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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