The government Should consider revoking the licences of the companies manufacturing softdrinks in India if the report indicates presence of pesticides beyond the permissible level,
Even as the Kerala government asked the Coca-Cola factory in the state’s Palakkad district to stop supplying the sludge it produces as fertiliser to local farmers, the soft drinks major came out with its own laboratory findings saying that the sludge is ’’harmless.’’
According to the report, cadmium tested ’4’ and lead ’35’, both of which are ’’below the permissible limits’’. The report, however, gave no further explanations. The BBC study jointly conducted in collaboration with Greenpeace had said that the sludge contained the following contents at unacceptable levels:
Lead: 1100 mg/kg,
Cadmium: 100 mg/kg
Chromium: 190 mg/kg
Phosphorous: 1580 mg/kg
Zinc: 680 mg/kg, and
Aluminium: 4000 mg/kg
The Coke findings carried along with an advertisement in Kerala newspapers said, ’’Some elements of the press have indulged in a misinformation campaign about our plant at Palakkad.’’
It said the Coke company’s commitment to the customers and the society is established by its track record. ’’We never have, nor will ever do such a thing to the society and individuals, ’’ it added.
We shuld trust or not big question ???????