mark thomas.

Reports on how development in poorer nations is not always a good thing. Example of a Coca-Cola plant in India which may have caused wells in the area to dry up. Acts of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverage which is a Coca-Cola subsidiary in digging wells to supply water for the factory; Wisdom of opening a water intensive plant in a drought-prone area; Drying up of local wells and the decline in water quality to a rating of undrinkable; What residents have to do to get water; Busing of water to the village by Coca-Cola; Civil protest against the company; Company response; Resistance to other Coke plants; Publicity on the level of pesticides found in Pepsi and Coke in India which is three times the level permitted in the U.S. and Europe.