Coke Assassinates People and Poisons Farmland: Another reason to eat locally
From Newsweek
"[Coke] looked the other way as some bottlers in Colombia and elsewhere intimidated and attacked union organizers, who "walk with a gravestone" on their backs. Pressured to audit Colombian plants in 2005, Coke helpfully noted a substandard number of fire extinguishers at one, but didn't address the charges.
Coke often doesn't make its own Coke. It relies on a vast web of subcontractors, bottlers and distributors. Most have loose or no ties to the company, and are in countries where workplace laws are underdeveloped at best.
In India, Coke drained water from local villages but gave them fertilizer in return—which contained lead and toxins, according to a BBC investigation. A leading British poisons expert warned of "devastating consequences" for the local population, but Coke called the fertilizer "absolutely safe."
The concentrate for 70 percent of Coca-Cola's 1.5 billion drinks served each day originates in the tax haven of Ireland, where enough concentrate for 50,000 Cokes costs $2.60—including labor. The concentrate's main ingredient? Caramel."
This website talks about Coke's assassination of union leaders.
"[Coke] looked the other way as some bottlers in Colombia and elsewhere intimidated and attacked union organizers, who "walk with a gravestone" on their backs. Pressured to audit Colombian plants in 2005, Coke helpfully noted a substandard number of fire extinguishers at one, but didn't address the charges.
Coke often doesn't make its own Coke. It relies on a vast web of subcontractors, bottlers and distributors. Most have loose or no ties to the company, and are in countries where workplace laws are underdeveloped at best.
In India, Coke drained water from local villages but gave them fertilizer in return—which contained lead and toxins, according to a BBC investigation. A leading British poisons expert warned of "devastating consequences" for the local population, but Coke called the fertilizer "absolutely safe."
The concentrate for 70 percent of Coca-Cola's 1.5 billion drinks served each day originates in the tax haven of Ireland, where enough concentrate for 50,000 Cokes costs $2.60—including labor. The concentrate's main ingredient? Caramel."
This website talks about Coke's assassination of union leaders.
Another reason not to drink caffeine :)
ReplyDeleteBut cocoa is still okay, right?
ReplyDeleteOkay, I quit. Where do I get my caffeine fix?
ReplyDeleteEat well, exercise and get plenty of sleep, and you should have enough energy.
ReplyDeleteOh, wait, you're American. Um . . .? Hot cocoa?