http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5239758.stm

An Indian non-governmental organisation says samples of Coca-Cola and Pepsi products are showing even worse levels of pesticides than in a previous study.

CSE Director Sunita Narain told journalists in Delhi that samples from 12 states showed that Pepsi products contained 30 times more pesticides than found in 2003.

Sunita Narain
This is a grave public health scandal
CSE Director Sunita Narain

Likewise she said that Coke samples had 25 times the amount of pesticides found three years ago.

She alleged that despite the public outcry over the issue following the first report, the government has failed to set up the necessary quality-control standards for the soft drinks industry.

India does not have any purity standards for soft drinks.

Isn’t it strange that they would bother to manufacture a beverage in a country that, according to this article, has no standards to speak of for them?

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