Report on Pesticides in Coke' Beverages
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) issued a report of test results regarding unacceptable levels of pesticides in Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola soft drinks being sold throughout India. The India Resource Center, reported that the study found high levels of lindane, a confirmed carcinogen, sometimes as high as 140 times those allowed by EU and BIS standards; chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxin, sometimes as high as 200 times those allowed by EU and BIS standards; heptachlor, which is banned in India and not used in the US since 1988, was found in 71% of samples, at levels 4 times higher than the proposed BIS standards; and malathion, a pesticide that was found in 38.6% of the samples tested. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recommends that workers wait at least 12 hours before entering an area where malathion has been applied.
"This is a grave public health scandal," said Sunita Narain, CSE's director and winner of the prestigious 2005 Stockholm Water Prize.
Coca-Cola tries to undercut the credibility of CSE's test results by raising questions about the accreditation of the CSE lab and the equipment and methodology it used. In the same breath, Coca-Cola says, "The methods used to test our finished products have been developed by the company and Central Science Laboratory (CSL), which is an independent laboratory used by the U.K. government. Although the validation of the methods has not been completed, they represent the state of the art in terms of procedure and technology. CSL runs an international program to test the proficiency of laboratories in analysis, including pesticides."
On January 5, 2007, The Coca-Cola Co. issued a "report" to Coca-Cola North America College and University Stakeholders focusing on issues in Colombia and India. In the report, Coke says: "Tests by the Central Science Laboratory (CSL) on soft drinks made by the Coca-Cola Co. in India detected no residues of the four pesticides allegedly found in the products by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). CSL's tests reported less than 0.1 parts per billion of each of these four pesticides."
But on August 14, 2006, BBC News had pointed out a significant flaw in CSL's tests. It reported that "the tests were done by the UK-based Centre Science Laboratory (CSL), which is known for its expertise in testing for pesticide residue in food. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which claims to have discovered the pesticide contamination in the first place, says the [CSL] scientists only tested Coca-Cola samples provided by the company itself.
"Frank Lavin, U.S. Undersecretary for International Trade, warned that bans imposed on soft drinks like Coca-Cola and Pepsi could blight India's hopes of attracting American investment and result in a setback for the country's economy."
Might this have been a warning to British and Indian political leaders that they had better play ball with the Coca-Colas of the world?
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รายงานเกี่ยวกับสารกำจัดศัตรูพืชในโค้ก ' เครื่องดื่มศูนย์วิทยาศาสตร์และสิ่งแวดล้อม (CSE) ออกรายงานผลการทดสอบเกี่ยวกับการไม่สามารถยอมรับระดับของยาฆ่าแมลงในโคคา-โคล่าและแป๊ปซี่โคล่าดื่มมีขายทั่วอินเดีย ศูนย์กลางทรัพยากร อินเดียรายงานว่า การศึกษาพบว่าระดับสูงของลินเดน การยืนยันสารก่อมะเร็ง บางครั้งสูงถึง 140 ครั้งผู้ได้รับอนุญาตตามมาตรฐาน EU และ BIS chlorpyrifos, neurotoxin บางครั้งสูงถึง 200 เท่าผู้ที่ได้รับอนุญาตตามมาตรฐาน EU และ BIS เฮปตาคลอร์ ซึ่งถูกห้ามในอินเดีย และไม่ใช้ในสหรัฐอเมริกาตั้งแต่ 1988 พบ 71% ของตัวอย่าง ระดับ 4 ครั้งสูงกว่ามาตรฐาน BIS เสนอ และ ไธออ แมลงที่พบใน 38.6% ของตัวอย่างทดสอบ สถาบันคุ้มครองสิ่งแวดล้อมของสหรัฐอเมริกาแนะนำให้ คนรออย่างน้อย 12 ชั่วโมงก่อนเข้าพื้นที่ที่มีการใช้ไธออ"นี่คือหลานใครหว่าสาธารณภัย กล่าวว่า Sunita Narain กรรมการและผู้ชนะรางวัลน้ำสต็อกโฮล์ม 2005 อันทรงเกียรติของ CSECoca-Cola tries to undercut the credibility of CSE's test results by raising questions about the accreditation of the CSE lab and the equipment and methodology it used. In the same breath, Coca-Cola says, "The methods used to test our finished products have been developed by the company and Central Science Laboratory (CSL), which is an independent laboratory used by the U.K. government. Although the validation of the methods has not been completed, they represent the state of the art in terms of procedure and technology. CSL runs an international program to test the proficiency of laboratories in analysis, including pesticides."On January 5, 2007, The Coca-Cola Co. issued a "report" to Coca-Cola North America College and University Stakeholders focusing on issues in Colombia and India. In the report, Coke says: "Tests by the Central Science Laboratory (CSL) on soft drinks made by the Coca-Cola Co. in India detected no residues of the four pesticides allegedly found in the products by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). CSL's tests reported less than 0.1 parts per billion of each of these four pesticides."But on August 14, 2006, BBC News had pointed out a significant flaw in CSL's tests. It reported that "the tests were done by the UK-based Centre Science Laboratory (CSL), which is known for its expertise in testing for pesticide residue in food. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which claims to have discovered the pesticide contamination in the first place, says the [CSL] scientists only tested Coca-Cola samples provided by the company itself."Frank Lavin, U.S. Undersecretary for International Trade, warned that bans imposed on soft drinks like Coca-Cola and Pepsi could blight India's hopes of attracting American investment and result in a setback for the country's economy."Might this have been a warning to British and Indian political leaders that they had better play ball with the Coca-Colas of the world?
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