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COPENHAGEN—Two Cola-Cola* employees urged people in Copenhagen to never drink the soft drink again, denouncing their company's environmental and human rights record in a highly unusual press conference* in the Hopenhagen LIVE area in City Hall Square.
*Of course, it was all white lies and fraudulence. Fraudulence! The two rebels arent actual Coke employees. Theyre from the activist troupe The Yes Men. The pranktivists explanation for the lies? That Coca-Colas greenwashing is dishonest and its environmental impacts and labor practices unjust. Admitting this on Coca-Colas behalf is, as The Yes Men call it, identity correction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6fbiQK4dL4&feature=player_embedded#
I say: Well done anyway.
Boycott Coca cola!
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Water or Coke?
I could not believe this..... Very interesting
WATER
#1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
(Likely applies to half the world population.)
#2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak
that it is mistaken for hunger.
#3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as 3%.
#4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs
for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of
Washington study.
#5. Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
#6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of
water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain
for up to 80% of sufferers.
#7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term
memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on
the computer screen or on a printed page.
#8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of
colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast
cancer by 79%., and one is 50% less likely to develop
bladder cancer. Are you drinking the amount of water
you should drink every day?
COKE
#1. In many states the highway patrol carries
two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood from
the highway after a car accident.
#2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke
and it will be gone in two days.
#3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the
toilet bowl and let the "real thing" sit for one hour,
then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes
stains from vitreous china.
#4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers:
Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds
Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
#5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour
a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble
away the corrosion.
#6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Apply a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola
to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
#7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into
the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake.
Thirty minutes before ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix
with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.
#8.. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke
into the load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run
through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen
grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your
windshield.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
#1. the active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid.
It will dissolve a nail in about four days. Phosphoric
acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major
contributor to the rising increase of osteoporosis.
#2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup! (the concentrate) the
commercial trucks must use a hazardous Material place
cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.
Note......I drove for coca-cola syrup division out of Columbus, Ohio 4 years
and this is true.....T
#3. The distributors of Coke have been using it to clean
engines of the trucks for about 20 years!
Now the question is, would you like a glass of water?
or Coke?
Quick! send this helpful info on to your friends
health conscious or not!!!! Water or Coke?
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Want an easy way to help save this planet? Stop drinking bottled water.
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The Coca-Cola Co., the world's largest beverage maker, has agreed to pay $137.5 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit that claimed company officials misrepresented or omitted information in public statements, causing the company's stock price to be inflated.
The Atlanta-based company did not admit any wrongdoing in settling the suit filed in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, according to the agreement dated June 26 and entered July 3.
The court has preliminarily approved the settlement and scheduled a settlement fairness hearing for Oct. 20.
The lead plaintiffs in the suit were the Carpenters Health & Welfare Fund of Philadelphia & Vicinity and Local 144 Nursing Home Pension Fund, now called 1199 SEIU Greater New York Pension Fund.
The class represented by the plaintiffs included all persons who bought Coca-Cola stock between Oct. 21, 1999 and March 6, 2000.
The complaint by the institutional investors alleged that certain material facts concerning Coca-Cola and the condition of its business and financial results were misrepresented and omitted from various public statements purportedly made by the defendants, causing the price of Coke stock to be inflated artificially.
Over the last several years, there had been rounds of mediation and settlement discussions, court records show.
The agreement says that Coca-Cola and the other defendants, who include several former top executives of the company, continue to deny all substantive allegations of wrongdoing. The defendants believe they would ultimately prevail, but have considered the risk and expense of going forward and, therefore, decided to settle, court records show.
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I do believe Coca Cola is lying. See http://www.killercoke.org for more. Good to see them paying for a change. Coca Cola is also a sponsor of the Bejing Olympics. Boycott Coca Cola for involvement in crimes against humanity.The Coca-Cola Co., the world's largest beverage maker, has agreed to pay $137.5... more
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Industria Nacional de Gaseosas, a subsidiary of the biggest bottler of Coca-Cola trademark beverages in Latin America (Coca-Cola FEMSA), has been fined with a US$111,000 bill by the Bogota District Environmental Office for illegal spilling of industrial waste in Colombia's capital sewage system and wetlands.
According to the official communication from Bogota's Environmental Office (SDA, for its Spanish abbreviation), the problems with Industria Nacional de Gaseosas began in 2006, when the company's spilling permit for its plant located in Fontabon expired.
After the company requested a new permit, Colombia's Sewage System administrator presented a technical report which recommended the SDA not to concede it. The report said the company was spilling industrial waste in the sewage, which flowed into the Capellania wetland.
In May 2007 the SDA declared there were new key issues to evaluate the permit, and its Water Control and Quality Division registered the plant. It was then proved that the company's venue had five spilling points, four of them never declared and some of them discharging industrial waste without treatment.
Even though the company closed the illegal spilling points in January, which were redirected towards a water treatment plant, the SDA claimed this was done after a longer period of time than the established and that environmental damage had already been done, and therefore announced the fine.
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111,000 seems a paltry amount, of course I have it in for Coca-Cola for other offenses and would like to see them sued out of existence. I've boycotted Coca-Cola for several years, anyone else share my discretion? Industria Nacional de Gaseosas, a subsidiary of the biggest bottler of Coca-Cola... more
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