Deadly cocktail

  • 22/02/2003

  • Week (Kochi)

Every gulp of mineral water you take could buy you death. The Pollution Monitoring Laboratory of the Centre for Science and Environment, Delhi has found that most mineral water brands in India contain residues of killer pesticides. Its scientists tested 17 major brands in Delhi and 13 in Mumbai and found unacceptable levels of lindane, DDT, malathion and chlorpyrifos in the packaged natural mineral water.