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Obesity, Diabetes Soar In Mexican Town Where Coca-Cola Is Used As Drinking Water
| Cristobal de las Casas, in the Mexican state of Chiapas, has for years been caught between an inept local government and a multinational corporation which is draining its local water supply in a case of crony capitalism at its worst.
Coca-Cola is produced locally at the Femsa plant, which bottles and sells the drink across Mexico. Under a long-standing agreement with the Mexican government,
| the factory owns the rights to draw out more than 300,000 gallons (around 1,135,623 liters) of water per day.
Desperate locals average more than two liters of soda per day, as it’s often more accessible than bottled water and is almost as cheap, with a 1.5-liter Coca-Cola bottle costing roughly 18 Mexican pesos ($0.88), compared with water, which costs 10 Mexican pesos ($0.48) per bottle.
| The Chiapas state has seen a 30-percent increase in the mortality rate from diabetes between 2013 and 2016.
https://newspunch.com/obesity-diabetes-soar-in-mexican-town-where-coca-cola-is-used-as-drinking-water/
| Yet another reason to call it Murder Cola.
I've been boycotting all their stuff for years and if you're thinking of doing the same I strongly encourage you to start.
| >>469573
Boycotts never changed anything. They are not more but symbolic. It needs laws to prohibit such destructive business practices. In fact big companies benefit much if people believe that they have to change their consume behaviour to change things. So the big shots are out of responsibility and can gain even more profit by offering a small segment of green- and white-washed products. In fact it stagnates between 10-20% as most people can't effort it.
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| A Mexican town is running so low on water that the locals are using Coca-cola as an alternative.
In the town, situated next to a Coca-Cola plant which is draining the local water supply, the sugary concoction is not only drunk but used in religious ceremonies and even as a currency.
Meanwhile obesity and diabetes is soaring among the local residents and Coca-cola accept no responsibility for creating a public health crisis.