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Article: INDIA: REPORTS OF CONTAMINATED SODA DRY UP COKE, PEPSI SALES
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- September 7, 2006
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Analysis by Praful Bidwai
Inter Press Service English News Wire
09-07-2006
NEW DELHI, Sep. 6, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- A month after seven Indian
states imposed severe restrictions on the sale of colas and other
carbonated drinks, the Coca-Cola company has become the target of
a vigorous popular campaign in Uttar Pradesh, India's largest
state.
The campaign's focus is on Coke's bottling plant at Mehdiganj,
a small town 35 kilometers from the holy city of Varanasi
(Benares), on the Ganges. The plant is charged with overexploiting
groundwater and polluting it with toxic heavy metals such as lead,
cadmium and chromium.
Led by the National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM), the
agitation demands that ...
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