Comments on: Cola Con http://indianeconomy.org/2006/08/09/cola-con/ Issues & insights Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:19:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: The Indian Economy Blog » Weekend Reading: 8 Feb, 2009 http://indianeconomy.org/2006/08/09/cola-con/comment-page-2/#comment-269691 The Indian Economy Blog » Weekend Reading: 8 Feb, 2009 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:36:50 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/2006/08/09/cola-con/#comment-269691 [...] another note, Sunita Narain’s at it again — after colas, now it’s edible oils. (HT: Amit Varma for the latter [...] [...] another note, Sunita Narain’s at it again — after colas, now it’s edible oils. (HT: Amit Varma for the latter [...]

]]> By: Markets and Investments » Uncle Sam asks India for a level cola playing-field http://indianeconomy.org/2006/08/09/cola-con/comment-page-2/#comment-263644 Markets and Investments » Uncle Sam asks India for a level cola playing-field Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:48:11 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/2006/08/09/cola-con/#comment-263644 [...] Arjun Swarup at the Indian Economy Blog [via India Uncut] has a well-documented and detailed overview of the issues involved, and argues that many products that Indians consume in greater quantities than colas — such as eggs, milk, and fruit — are much higher in trace amounts of pesticides. Arjun maintains the CSE could spend it time better in those areas. [...] [...] Arjun Swarup at the Indian Economy Blog [via India Uncut] has a well-documented and detailed overview of the issues involved, and argues that many products that Indians consume in greater quantities than colas — such as eggs, milk, and fruit — are much higher in trace amounts of pesticides. Arjun maintains the CSE could spend it time better in those areas. [...]

]]> By: hindustani http://indianeconomy.org/2006/08/09/cola-con/comment-page-2/#comment-141637 hindustani Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:24:10 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/2006/08/09/cola-con/#comment-141637 Very Interesting! We were just waiting for all who have concern to come out with their thoughts ! We have been working on a lot of subjects including the 'pesticide in cola' and 'pesticides in our life' and the Cheap Populist tricks of Sandeep Pandey, Sunita Narain and the likes! You may visit us at our site.... may be you will appreciate our effort ..... may be you would like to be a part of our effort. Very Interesting! We were just waiting for all who have concern to come out with their thoughts !
We have been working on a lot of subjects including the ‘pesticide in cola’ and ‘pesticides in our life’ and the Cheap Populist tricks of Sandeep Pandey, Sunita Narain and the likes!
You may visit us at our site…. may be you will appreciate our effort ….. may be you would like to be a part of our effort.

]]> By: Ashi http://indianeconomy.org/2006/08/09/cola-con/comment-page-2/#comment-89811 Ashi Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:30:40 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/2006/08/09/cola-con/#comment-89811 @ David Ahhhh...yeah sure... But let's come back to the point here, shall we? Ultimately the question is, just because eggs and water have more pesticide in it...which I am not sure about…is it okay to drink Colas? So what, basically, you are trying to say is ….as you are already consuming a lot of harmful stuff from other’s products…it’s ok to consume a little of ours?? I think the major issue is not that whether Cola companies have been targeted because they are soft or whatever…but it’s because they are at fault…which I see Arjun has admitted to… So it comes down to this…there is a set norm to which Cola Companies must adhere to…they are minting money off their consumer left, right and center. Either stick to the basic and VERY FEW rules that have been set…or get out…vaise bi our domestic market can do much better given a chance!!! It just needs opportunity! @ David
Ahhhh…yeah sure…

But let’s come back to the point here, shall we? Ultimately the question is, just because eggs and water have more pesticide in it…which I am not sure about…is it okay to drink Colas? So what, basically, you are trying to say is ….as you are already consuming a lot of harmful stuff from other’s products…it’s ok to consume a little of ours??
I think the major issue is not that whether Cola companies have been targeted because they are soft or whatever…but it’s because they are at fault…which I see Arjun has admitted to…

So it comes down to this…there is a set norm to which Cola Companies must adhere to…they are minting money off their consumer left, right and center. Either stick to the basic and VERY FEW rules that have been set…or get out…vaise bi our domestic market can do much better given a chance!!! It just needs opportunity!

]]> By: David Hud http://indianeconomy.org/2006/08/09/cola-con/comment-page-2/#comment-74966 David Hud Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:16:45 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/2006/08/09/cola-con/#comment-74966 I think people start missing the point after a while. Why are we always trying to bring each other down? Facts and statistics are dependent on how the experiment is conducted. Who cares how much pesticides are in one egg or bottle of coke. What matters is how we treat the earth and why we consume what we consume. If you drink coke, than do it with love, and really enjoy it. If not, don't judge. Sugar is full of pesticides and so is the water. Let's try to drink as little as possible of the things that don't help our bodies, ie, softdrinks, let's all give thanks for the earth, buy things that don't hurt her, and drink more water. Hydrate your body to help your liver and kidneys process all the pesticides that inevitably enter our body! I think people start missing the point after a while. Why are we always trying to bring each other down? Facts and statistics are dependent on how the experiment is conducted. Who cares how much pesticides are in one egg or bottle of coke. What matters is how we treat the earth and why we consume what we consume. If you drink coke, than do it with love, and really enjoy it. If not, don’t judge. Sugar is full of pesticides and so is the water. Let’s try to drink as little as possible of the things that don’t help our bodies, ie, softdrinks, let’s all give thanks for the earth, buy things that don’t hurt her, and drink more water. Hydrate your body to help your liver and kidneys process all the pesticides that inevitably enter our body!

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]]> By: kochuthresiamma P. J. http://indianeconomy.org/2006/08/09/cola-con/comment-page-2/#comment-19425 kochuthresiamma P. J. Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:56:10 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/2006/08/09/cola-con/#comment-19425 the pesticide issue was only a pretext to give the marching orders to coke unit. the present kerala CM had been fighting to have this unit shut . dont get me wrong- am not an ardent leftist in my views- but i do have me reservations about the development model adopted by india. i know for sure that a lot of small players have gone under with the ruthless liberalisation which does not factor in their predicament. go ahead and liberalise, privatise, open up - our economy needs that no doubt. but the government must take care of the fall out of its policies. there should be systems and alternative measures in place which will protect the small players, ensure them the same dignified life that they enjoyed with the occupation that sustained them. it's as simple as that. the country cannot fill its coffers driving the small players up the wall in search of the noose to end their misery! what sort of development is that? let us not talk so dismissively of the depletion of ground water at plachimada. it is a huge human issue which cannot be wished or willed away , just as we canot brush aside the fall out of our present mode of development which is rationalised as collateral damage!! plachimada ground water problem is not something that can wait forever while arm chair critics debate over the veracity of the media reports about it. for goodness sake it is drinking water against coke. the government should not behave like the coporate idealogues with a if-they-do-not-have-water-give-them-coke type of attitude. we should not forget history. remember, how ceaucescu of rumania filled the coffers with foreign exchange by exporting even the staple food - bread. he was executed by a hungry nation on xmas day. how can we forget that hunger and thirst and taking away the livelihood of people can destabilise a country? my blog. pareltank.blogspot.com the pesticide issue was only a pretext to give the marching orders to coke unit. the present kerala CM had been fighting to have this unit shut .
dont get me wrong- am not an ardent leftist in my views- but i do have me reservations about the development model adopted by india. i know for sure that a lot of small players have gone under with the ruthless liberalisation which does not factor in their predicament. go ahead and liberalise, privatise, open up – our economy needs that no doubt. but the government must take care of the fall out of its policies. there should be systems and alternative measures in place which will protect the small players, ensure them the same dignified life that they enjoyed with the occupation that sustained them. it’s as simple as that. the country cannot fill its coffers driving the small players up the wall in search of the noose to end their misery! what sort of development is that? let us not talk so dismissively of the depletion of ground water at plachimada. it is a huge human issue which cannot be wished or willed away , just as we canot brush aside the fall out of our present mode of development which is rationalised as collateral damage!!
plachimada ground water problem is not something that can wait forever while arm chair critics debate over the veracity of the media reports about it. for goodness sake it is drinking water against coke. the government should not behave like the coporate idealogues with a if-they-do-not-have-water-give-them-coke type of attitude.
we should not forget history. remember, how ceaucescu of rumania filled the coffers with foreign exchange by exporting even the staple food – bread. he was executed by a hungry nation on xmas day.
how can we forget that hunger and thirst and taking away the livelihood of people can destabilise a country?
my blog. pareltank.blogspot.com

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]]> By: sixampacific.com » Blog Archive » Any Press is Good Press: Tell that to Dell http://indianeconomy.org/2006/08/09/cola-con/comment-page-2/#comment-15348 sixampacific.com » Blog Archive » Any Press is Good Press: Tell that to Dell Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:44:54 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/2006/08/09/cola-con/#comment-15348 [...] Another instance of bad press that the companies concerned must be ruing is the recent Pesticide Cola. The merits of the study and the accusation is a different matter and has been given a full analysis on indianeconomy.org here. But as subjects go, this is a great one to catch the fancy of the consuming public. No pictures here, so the word picture has to do. But everything else is beautifully set up. Pesticides are deadly if consumed in large quantities. (Did you know that consuming pesticide is the most common method of committing suicide by Chinese women in the hinterland. It seems the suicide rate is very high). Coke and Pepsi are consumed by a public that tends to be urban and educated. Kids drink a lot of it. Nobody knows what the heck BIS means and in what quantities is it harmful. You put all of this together and the facts stop mattering. Fear takes over. And the sensationalistic media. And there is very little that Pepsi or Coke can say that will put Humpty Dumpty together again. [...] [...] Another instance of bad press that the companies concerned must be ruing is the recent Pesticide Cola. The merits of the study and the accusation is a different matter and has been given a full analysis on indianeconomy.org here. But as subjects go, this is a great one to catch the fancy of the consuming public. No pictures here, so the word picture has to do. But everything else is beautifully set up. Pesticides are deadly if consumed in large quantities. (Did you know that consuming pesticide is the most common method of committing suicide by Chinese women in the hinterland. It seems the suicide rate is very high). Coke and Pepsi are consumed by a public that tends to be urban and educated. Kids drink a lot of it. Nobody knows what the heck BIS means and in what quantities is it harmful. You put all of this together and the facts stop mattering. Fear takes over. And the sensationalistic media. And there is very little that Pepsi or Coke can say that will put Humpty Dumpty together again. [...]

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