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23 Aug 06
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They said that these soft drinks contain hazardous chemicals like phosphoric acid, ethylene Gycol, caffeine, high fructose corn syrup, and carbon dioxide.
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Banwari Lal Sharma of the "Azadi Bachao Andolan", Supreme Court Advocate Prashant Bhushan, Dunu Roy of the Hazards Centre, and Mira Shiva, Chairperson of Ministry of Health Task Force on Food Safety.
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The movement has also filed a public interest litigation against Coke and Pepsi, which has been pending for the last two years.
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Member of Parliament Veerender Kumar brought forth the issue as how the Parliament was not allowed to debate the issue.
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The protests are being organised under the banner "Coke Pepsi Quit India".
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The programme also includes a week-long complete blockade of all transport facilities for the cola products in November.
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Shiva, along with various other citizen movement groups, has charted a three-month protest programme throughout the country wherein they will go to schools and colleges in both villages and cities to educate them about the hazardous effects of consuming colas.
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"To ban or not ban Coke and Pepsi cannot depend on one Minister under the influence of the US Government. It cannot depend only on the standards set by corrupt and manipulated Government agencies,"
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