while the Joint Parliamentary Committee's (jpc) report on pesticide residues in soft drinks has set in motion the process of fixing standards for aerated water, the concerned authorities seem to have charted a circuitous route to achieve the same.
The jpc had tabled its report in parliament on February 4, affirming that the Centre for Science and Environment's findings about the presence of pesticide residues in soft drinks were correct (see: [2]
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/slow-mark
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/full6.asp%3Ffoldername%3D20040229%26amp%3Bfilename%3Dnews%26amp%3Bsec_id%3D4%26amp%3Bsid%3D27
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-standards
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soft-drinks
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticide-residues
