Pour some Cola on me!!!

'Pour some sugar on me' goes the song by Def Leppard. After seeing the pesticide content in Indian cane sugar, I'm sure he would modify the song. Cane sugar in India is more contaminated with pestcides than water according to this article. It goes on to say that coffee and apples are about 100000 times more contaminated while the colas are just 24 times more contaminated than accepted levels. The contamination, it goes on to argue, is because of the sugar since the bottled water products of Pepsi & Coke, namely Aquafina and Kinley respectively, are free of pesticides.

There is no doubt in a majority of people's minds that its just plain politics. The political parties need some agenda. Taking the first step towards this is the Gujarat government which has banned both Pepsi & Coke. Following suit are the Kerala and Karnataka governments. I doubt the Maharashtra government will ban it since most of the sugar comes from the rich and politically influential southern Maharasthra belt (Sangli-Satara-Kolhapur).

I think its a case of 'Much ado about nothing'. Let me know your thoughts while I take a cola break.