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July 9, 2008

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India's Coca-Cola Problem

Anti-coke protest in India. © India Resource Center

06/28/2008

Polluted drinking water and toxic waste have plagued the small Indian village of Plachimada since Coca-Cola first opened a plant next to their homes; local activists are now calling on the Indian Supreme Court to protect their water rights from international corporations.

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