Pesticides story

Recent controversy over quantity of pesticides in the soft drink beverages has raised many eyebrows and stirred the country. People are carrying out protests against soft drink majors. News papers have covered the issue on their front pages. Many states banned the drinks completely in their provinces. Companies are claiming the same standards around the world and their brand embassadors justifying them.
In all this hue and cry I wonder how come only the soft drinks are targeted every time the survey is done. Is their some problem these NGOs have with PepsiCo and Coke. There are more things than these to be surveyed for instance Amul and Parag milk products which more people consume, wine and beers which are certainly more toxic, packed juices like Real and Montana and many more things which people consume daily. Or is this the case that everything is surveyed and only the PepsiCo and Coke products are the only culprit found. I bet this could not be the case. If so are these people are on some mission to eradicate India by slow poisoning :D, sounds like a James Bond story, all rubbish.
I suspect if the mineral waters are also tested they will also show similar results. The root cause lies in the ground water itself. When the water of the country itself is so polluted then how can we talk about MNCs having high level of pesticides in soft drinks. Billions of people are drinking this water. Even I remember my days in when we used to have tea at road side dhabas and stalls, the conditions were so pathetic that we used to joke that one who eats here gets immune to all other food and water borne deseases :)). So I think like us most of the Indians are immune to these level of pesticides already. Beside a drink which is not contaminated is more foreign to us and hence may prove more dangerous ;)
Politics is being played on the issue. First is that NGO which resurfaces the issue every time it wants to get in lime light. Second are the state governments. Four of them have banned them. This is a sign of complete immaturity of Indian polity. How can they ban the soft drinks while cigarettes and beer are allowed. Later are clearly more injurious to health. I suspect the government finds a solution by putting on the labels of colas that "Consuming these is injurious to health" and "not to be sold to minors" :D
These acts tarnish Indian image in a globalizing world and clearly shows how much Indian politics is poor of real good issues. This way we are planning to be developed by 2020?