Thursday, September 4, 2008

The dark side of Coca-cola.(By Irene)



What do you know about Coca-cola? In my case almost nothing, apart from been catch up with the huge business the company has. Few days ago, a friend, borrowed me an article titled “the black history of the black water”. Before reading the article I intuited what was going to tell, because all of us, more or less, have heard about the murky business multinationals have. Even that, I find quite unexpected most of the things the article said.
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Coca-cola is the most hand out drink all over the world. You can find it in almost 232 countries; much more countries than the Organisation of Unite Nations has. Coca-cola profits are higher than a great deal of poor countries budgets. The company blackmail and threaten small shopkeepers with exclusivity contracts.
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Coca-cola idea was born in Atlanta by Pemberton in 1880. It was Frank Robinson who designed coca-cola logo. Although they created the product and the logo, none of they took profit of it. Coca-cola business was created by Asa Candle. He was the only owner of the company. He started with a modest factory in Atlanta. In nearly five years, coca-cola arrived to: Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Dallas, Chicago and New York. Nor the 29 crack, neither first nor second world wards could decrease Coca-cola sales.
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And what about health issues? Doctors warned about: only after seventy two hours stomach will stop to be black due to of it ingestion. Only one Coca-cola has ten spoonfuls of sugar. Coca-cola Company is one of the most sugar consumers in the market, so they use transgenic sugar or they import them form South America. Owing to that, Coca-Cola Company has created grate troubles in some isolated villages.
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The first time coca-cola arrived to Europe hundreds of people were poisoned. Nor is only and isolate case, in June 1999 Belgian, Holland and Luxemburg retired them. A lot of cases like that took place in England in 2004 and in India in 1998.
Only two people know the unknown formula of Coca-cola (X7). They don’t know each other, they never travel in the same plane, they never eat the same meal and of course they never sleep in the same hotel.
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I was very frustrated with all the things I read. I am realistic and not optimistic at all; of course almost no one is going to stop drinking Coca-cola after reading the article. I don’t know the answer, neither the solution to that kind of companies. Because I am speaking about Coca-cola, but Nestle and Nike (only for instance) are very similar. They do whatever they want; it doesn’t matter if they are not respecting human rights, or even the law; because it is only market rules! The more you can pay, the more successful you will be. The dark side, of one, of the richest companies in the word.


P.S. If you want to read more, I will send you the article. Give me your email! (:

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good job, an interesting topic. I didn't know anything about this dangerous drink. But I am lost, I love Coca Cola or Pepsi, it's the same. I need it. I can't give up. See you in the exam. Good luck.

Next, some comments;

.. apart from been catch up(being to catch up) with the huge business the company has. Few days ago, a friend, borrowed me (lend me or I borrowed)an article titled “the (tittle in Capital letters)black history of the black water”. Before reading the article I intuited what (I) was going to tell (about), because all of us, more or less, have heard about the murky business multinationals have. Even that, I find quite unexpected most of the things the article said (find-says/ present both).
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Coca-cola is the most hand out drink all over the world. You can find it in almost 232 countries; much more countries than the Organisation of Unite(d) Nations has (covered). Coca-cola profits are higher than a great deal of poor countries budgets. The company has blackmail(ed) and threaten(ed) small shopkeepers with exclusivity contracts.
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The third paragraph is very well
.. Nor the 29's crack, neither first nor(and) second world wars could decrease Coca-cola sales.
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And what about health issues? Doctors warned about (the next): only after seventy two hours (after its ingestion the stomach will stop to be black ((due to of it ingestion)). Only one Coca-cola has ten spoonfuls of sugar(spanish translation)...
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The first time coca-cola arrived to Europe hundreds of people were poisoned. Nor is only and isolate case (Not it is a isolate case), in June (of)1999 Belgian (Belgique), Holland and Luxemburg retired (all their stock)(why?)...


I was very frustrated with all the things I (had) read. I am realistic and not optimistic at all; of course almost no one is going to stop drinking Coca-cola after reading the article. I don’t know the answer, neither the solution to that kind of companies.
((Because I am speaking about Coca-cola (Spanish translation, you don't ned it)), ((but)) Nestle and Nike (only for instance) are very similar. They do whatever they want; it doesn’t matter if they are not respecting human rights, or even the law; because it is only market rules! The more you can pay, the more successful you will be.

The dark side of one of the richest companies in the word. (This phrase is a bit short here and without much sense it is better to nexus with the paragraph before)

Anonymous said...

Good work Irene. Nothing to add to Elena´s correction. Regarding Coca-cola drink I believe that ingredients mistery is a hoax, or a interested rumour because cocacola can be analyzed in a single laboratory and compose what part are made up of. The only mistery I see is why cold cocacola has good taste and warm cocacola tastes like diesel, lol.

See you in the exam and in you personal blog