Despite a barrage of denials by the US soft drink heavyweights - Indian environmental group stands by Coke, Pepsi pesticide charges
Reeti Shekhar
Aug. 20, 2006

It is the start of fight between Indian environmentalist groups and Western oligarchs that control American and European companies.

Theleading Indian environmental groups are standing by its allegations of high pesticide levels in locally bottled Coke and Pepsi despite a barrage of denials by the US soft drink heavyweights.

According to media reports, "We have the right test methodology and the experience," the director of the New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment director Sunita Narain said in an interview to Agence France-Presse.

"If we can drink them (Coke and Pepsi), we can test them," she said, adding the centre used an internationally accepted method for its analysis. However she added the centre "is not worried" if its findings are proved wrong as its aim of focusing attention on India's lax nutrition safety standards has been achieved. "When we released our study on pesticides in soft drinks, our objective was clear -- we needed to prod action on regulations," she said.

Despite a barrage of denials by the US soft drink heavyweights - Indian environmental group stands by Coke, Pepsi pesticide charges
Reeti Shekhar
'We have the right test methodology and the experience,' the director of the New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment director Sunita Narain said
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