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Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 6

A meeting of the liaison committee of the ruling Marxist-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) has decided to recommend to the State Government a ban on Coca Cola and Pepsi products in the State.

This comes in the wake of the New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) coming out with new revelations that samples of Coca-Cola and Pepsi products have shown even worse levels of pesticides than in a previous study.

Soft drinks manufacturers have been quick to condemn the latest findings.

The CSE had said earlier this week that investigations revealed that the drinks contained harmful residues, posing a health risk. A CSE report in 2003 resulted in Pepsi and Coca-Cola rejecting claims that their drinks were unsafe.

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