Coca-Cola has located many of its bottling plants in drought-prone areas – areas that were already experiencing water shortages.
Coca-Cola’s bottling operations – which extract hundreds of millions of liters of water from the groundwater resource – have significantly worsened the water crisis as groundwater levels have dropped sharply since Coca-Cola started its operations.
The company has also indiscriminately dumped its toxic waste into the surrounding areas – polluting the water as well as the land.
The results have been drastic. Tens of thousands of farmers around Coca-Cola’s plants have lost their livelihoods as the water has been depleted and the land and water poisoned. Wells have run dry and women now have to walk miles further to access potable water for daily use. Children are frequently taken out of schools to assist the family in accessing water for daily needs.
Read the entire article at: Coke justice - The ISSUE - International Campaign to Hold Coca-Cola Accountable is a project of Global Resistance, "Building Global Links for Justice"
India Resource Center - (In depth information and recent press releases)
India Resource Center - (In depth information and recent press releases)
State committee in India: Coca-Cola should pay at lest $47 million in environmental damages - (March 23, 2010)
Coca-Cola-Press Center - Company Statements - the Coca-Cola company addresses allegations made about our business - (March 25, 2010) (Notice: This link is 'cached.' "The current page could have been changed." (In other words, the spin is still spinning)
Communities reject Coca-Cola in India - (July 10, 2003)
My thoughts: Along with India, the Coca-Cola company have had many controversies in several other countries as well. Countries include: Colombia, China (2008 Olympics), Canada, Mexico and the US.
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