Pollution Monitoring Laboratory of CSE - All samples that they tested contains Toxic Pesticides and Insecticides.
The 12 Brands that were Put to Test were - Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Diet Pepsi, Mirinda orange, Mirinda Lemon, Blue Pepsi, 7-Up, Coca Cola, Fanta, Limca, Sprite and Thumbs Up.
The committee also added that the Toxic Content - Potent carcinogens which can cause cancers and reduce bone mineral density. They also added that Pepsi and Coca Cola had almost similar concentrations of pesticide residues.
Both Officials of Coke and Pepsi declined to comment on this.
More news at - http://www.rediff.com/money/2003/aug/05pepsicoke.htm
You can also google and get results (Pepsi + Pesticides India or something like that).
Cheers
The 12 Brands that were Put to Test were - Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Diet Pepsi, Mirinda orange, Mirinda Lemon, Blue Pepsi, 7-Up, Coca Cola, Fanta, Limca, Sprite and Thumbs Up.
The committee also added that the Toxic Content - Potent carcinogens which can cause cancers and reduce bone mineral density. They also added that Pepsi and Coca Cola had almost similar concentrations of pesticide residues.
Both Officials of Coke and Pepsi declined to comment on this.
More news at - http://www.rediff.com/money/2003/aug/05pepsicoke.htm
You can also google and get results (Pepsi + Pesticides India or something like that).
Cheers
