pesticides in soft drinks
On August 5, six months after releasing a study on the presence of pesticide residues in packaged drinking water, the Pollution Monitoring Laboratory of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) made public its report of finding pesticides in 12 leading cold drinks brands in India (See : "Colanisation's dirty dozen' [2], August 15, 2003).

toxic fallout: As expected, the news made headlines, both in the domestic and international press. Coke and Pepsi are big names, and any controversy involving them is bound to make big news, even if it comes at the expense of the main focus