BIS = Bureau of Indian Standards
Highlights of the 2006 CSE study on pesticides in colas-II:
1. A cocktail of 3-6 pesticides was present in all samples.
2. Lindane (a confirmed carcinogen) levels were over 54 times above the BIS standard; in one Coca-Cola sample from Kolkata, it was 140 times higher.
3. Chlorpyrifos (a known neurotoxin) levels were 47 times higher; a Coca-Cola sample from Mumbai had a 200 times higher level.
4. Heptachlor, banned in India, was found in 71 per cent of the samples, at levels 4 times higher than BIS standards.
5. Average amount of pesticide residues found in all the samples was 11.85 parts per billion (ppb) — 24 times higher than the BIS standards for total pesticides in soft drinks (0.5 ppb).
6. Pepsi cola contained 30 times higher residues on an average.
7. Coca-Cola contained 27 times higher residues on an average.
http://www.cseindia.org/aboutus/press_releases/press-index.htm
Now tell me, will your govt. not do anything if a company thats selling the most popular drink flouts the pesticide and chemical limits set by the govt. And also the standards set by BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) are not even as strict as European or AMerican standards.
and here we have idiots call India all kinds of names just when its trying to protect its citizens from drinking pesticides! Oh! maybe Indians are supposed to drink because the product was made by a American company because the value of Indian's life is not the same of an American.