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To: shades who wrote (68890)8/27/2006 2:53:24 PM
From: bond_bubble  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 110194
 
The environmental damage already serious in India? I'm not sure what these metrics are for Chinese Agricultural produce.

economictimes.indiatimes.com

Cola companies cite government surveys revealing pesticide levels 3,080 times higher in milk, 69,700 times higher in vegetables and 111,600 times higher in fruit than in the proposed cola standards. Nutritionists treat these items as dietary essentials, which are permitted high levels, unlike colas, which are inessential and merit microscopic pesticide levels. But if you ban colas, what will people switch to? Milk, tea, cane juice and fruit juices. All of them have more pesticides than colas.