- Look at the name of the president of Coca Cola in India....

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This name rings a bell.... Is this that same feeble minded liar you've been

tracking? The name " Gupta " sounds so familiar....

From: " gene Burke " <burkegene@...>

Subject: Allegations made re water used in Coke/Pepsi in India

Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 18:01:05 -0700

" ARE COCA-COLA AND PEPSICO MANUFACTURING SOFT DRINK PRODUCTS IN INDIA THAT

HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF PESTICIDE RESIDUES? "

This news found at: www.RedFlagsDaily.com Aug 7 2003

http://search.ft.com/search/article.html?id=030806000553 & query=pepsi+and+coca-co\

la+deny+pesticide+claims & vsc_appId=totalSearch & state=Form

FRONT PAGE - FIRST SECTION:

Coke and Pepsi deny toxin claims

By Luce in New Delhi

Financial Times; Aug 06, 2003

Coca Cola and PepsiCo, the US soft drinks companies, yesterday angrily

denied allegations that their products manufactured in India contained toxin

levels far above the norms permitted in the developed world.

India's Centre for Science and Environment, a non-governmental body,

yesterday announced it had conducted tests which showed that Pepsi's soft

drink products had 36 times the level of pesticide residues permitted under

European Union regulations, Coca Cola's 30 times.

The CSE said in all 12 of the soft drinks it tested it found toxins

including lindane, DDT, malathion and chlorpyrifos - pesticides that can

contribute to cancer and a breakdown of the immune system. CSE said it had

tested the same products in the US and found no such residues.

" These companies take advantage of the fact that India has no regulations

governing the quality of water that goes into soft drinks, " said Sunita

Narain of the CSE.

At a joint press conference yesterday, the heads of Pepsi's and Coca Cola's

India businesses - both wholly owned by their US parents - suggested the

allegations were politically motivated.

They also said they used the same quality control standards to test their

products in India and the rest of the world. Pepsi and Coca Cola dominate

the Indian soft drinks market, which is growing at between 12 and 14 per

cent a year.

" There is a desire to create panic and a deliberate scare, " said Sanjiv

Gupta, president of Coca Cola in India. " We challenge the methodology of

these tests and ask for a peer review by the top five scientists in India. "

The CSE said it would welcome an independent review and that its own tests

had been conducted according to the established protocol of the US

Environmental Protection Agency.

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,

This name rings a bell.... Is this that same feeble minded liar you've been

tracking? The name " Gupta " sounds so familiar....

From: " gene Burke " <burkegene@...>

Subject: Allegations made re water used in Coke/Pepsi in India

Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 18:01:05 -0700

" ARE COCA-COLA AND PEPSICO MANUFACTURING SOFT DRINK PRODUCTS IN INDIA THAT

HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF PESTICIDE RESIDUES? "

This news found at: www.RedFlagsDaily.com Aug 7 2003

http://search.ft.com/search/article.html?id=030806000553 & query=pepsi+and+coca-co\

la+deny+pesticide+claims & vsc_appId=totalSearch & state=Form

FRONT PAGE - FIRST SECTION:

Coke and Pepsi deny toxin claims

By Luce in New Delhi

Financial Times; Aug 06, 2003

Coca Cola and PepsiCo, the US soft drinks companies, yesterday angrily

denied allegations that their products manufactured in India contained toxin

levels far above the norms permitted in the developed world.

India's Centre for Science and Environment, a non-governmental body,

yesterday announced it had conducted tests which showed that Pepsi's soft

drink products had 36 times the level of pesticide residues permitted under

European Union regulations, Coca Cola's 30 times.

The CSE said in all 12 of the soft drinks it tested it found toxins

including lindane, DDT, malathion and chlorpyrifos - pesticides that can

contribute to cancer and a breakdown of the immune system. CSE said it had

tested the same products in the US and found no such residues.

" These companies take advantage of the fact that India has no regulations

governing the quality of water that goes into soft drinks, " said Sunita

Narain of the CSE.

At a joint press conference yesterday, the heads of Pepsi's and Coca Cola's

India businesses - both wholly owned by their US parents - suggested the

allegations were politically motivated.

They also said they used the same quality control standards to test their

products in India and the rest of the world. Pepsi and Coca Cola dominate

the Indian soft drinks market, which is growing at between 12 and 14 per

cent a year.

" There is a desire to create panic and a deliberate scare, " said Sanjiv

Gupta, president of Coca Cola in India. " We challenge the methodology of

these tests and ask for a peer review by the top five scientists in India. "

The CSE said it would welcome an independent review and that its own tests

had been conducted according to the established protocol of the US

Environmental Protection Agency.

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