I feel the outrage against the colas are unreasonable and ahve some unidentified motives are behind that. I t kay be used to promote the sale of beer and wine as one of the tv channel aired such a view.
One one hand it's not fair for govts to ban colas based on details provided by an autonomous institute and without further investigation. On the other hand the results published by the institute clearly show an increase in the pesticide content compared to the findings published in 2003. This clearly show that these cola companies don't give a damn about people's health but just money making.
The ban on Pepsi & Coke smells of arrogance and stupidity. If Kerala Govt.or any other state govt( who decides to ban ) controlled company can produce a product matching atleast 80% of the Quality Standards maintained by Pepsi or Coke, then they can talk with such arrogance. But we are sure that they can't. Its totally political like everything else in our country and such acts will irrepairably harm our economy and our hope of attracting FDI in future.Why can't the concerned ministries in the central Govt intervene issue necessary report on the whole issue, rather than looking at the next election and vote bank. While some of the NGOs are really doing good work but many in the field are just for cheap publicity and raising fund.
Wot r u going to do if something puts u in poor health? Answer is simple stop using it. I think the ban is totally justified. Anything that harms you , should be avoided. The same implies for alcohol.
Ban on those drinks is justified due to the following: In addition to pesticide residues which are hazardous, those contain unhealthy levels of sugar & stimulant similar to Caffiene. Those drinks are highly acidic and are known to harm teeth and bones. Their production drains ground water at the manufacturing site in Kerala to a degree that dried up the wells in the villages around. Their nutritional value is nil and cost to benifit ratio is too high.It is time that we produce drinks that are healthy and promote welfare of the people around.
Any consumer product found to be substandard should be banned/penalised and amends must be made by the firm. Also the so called brand ambassadors who continue support to such products must think in favour of a more greater cause rather than their income. The problem also is that not all products are bought under the scanner, but we can atleast make a beginning. And there is scope also to monitor the price as to how a Rs 1/- product can be sold for Rs 10/- ? And how much of it goes out into the coffers --- this is pure exploitation.
I don't believe in Ban on anything. Be it is on Beverages or Movies or Dance bars. There are a lot of better ways of enforcing such norms.
I think a simple statutory warning on Coke / Pepsi (for that matter anything else that contains the so called pesticides/fertilizers) would serve the purpose. People will have to use their discretion on such matters.
I think Government should step in and take measure to provide drinking water to its billion citizen. I'm paying more money on the mineral water than on Colas. I think I deserve drinking water at least for the lakhs of rupees I pay as tax (selflessly!)
I think the author has made offhand comments. he has forgotten that there was a massive agitation by women of villages affected by ground water depletion caused by coke plants.
I am for the ban. Had coke and pepsi rectified the pesticide content after the previous round of exposes, matters might have been different.
If pesticide is in everything, cleaning has to start from somewhere. The authors argument is equivalent to saying corruption is everywhere, so big cases of corruption should not be punished.
The authors comments that there will be loss of jobs is also baseless. coke and pepsi ban will not close restaurants or stores. factories closure is offset by improvement in water for agriculture on which more people are dependent.
In your love for MNC's please dont ignore the plight of the poor please. Has US not banned Indian textiles terming them as highly inflammable. Are pesticides consumption not dangerous then clothes that may burn
