India Challenges Soda Pesticide Findings
Indias Health Ministry on Tuesday challenged data from a private research body that found high levels of pesticide contamination in soft drinks sold by Coca-Cola India and PepsiCo India.
A committee appointed by the ministry said the residue data reported by the Center for Science and Environment in New Delhi was flawed.
The sampling method doesnt have a scientific and statistically valid basis, the committee said, adding it didnt find the conclusions of the research body to be correctly inferred.
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India, Asia Regions, CPA moot in Pakistan next year
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India for consensus on Iran issue
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India is happy and relieved that the door has opened for the resumption of Iran-EU3 talks and no resolution was put up for voting before the Board of Governors’ meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at Vienna yesterday.
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