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To: yonif
It acknowledged that Indian brands also have high pesticide levels, because agricultural pesticides are in the country's ground water, but said the focus was on Coke and Pepsi because they account for more than three-fourths of the bottled soft drinks consumed in India.

"We tested the two soft drink brands sold in the United States to see if these contained pesticides. They didn't,'' said Sunita Narain, chief of the CSE.

2 posted on 08/06/2003 12:32:03 PM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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Let's see; so they get rid of Coke/Pepsi and consumers then turn to the native brands, which are ALSO contaminated. Accomplishment: nothing.
3 posted on 08/06/2003 12:37:29 PM PDT by EggsAckley
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