If it isn't clear already whose side the law is on...

Ban on Coke and Pepsi overturned in India

Sorry, people of Kerala. You'll just have to deal with further contamination of your well water while your children gulp down that battery acid we in the West like to call "soft drinks".

This is yet another in the long line of black marks on our species, for if our laws are allowing major business outfits to poison us in order for their profit margins not to be compromised, then we should be ashamed of ourselves. Of course, I have to give some credit to the Kerala government for announcing that they will challenge the high court's ruling.

As an added bonus, have a peek at this June 1999 article documenting European customers falling ill after drinking Coca-Cola.