Packaged Water Firms Not To Take Cse To Court

The packaged and mineral water industry has decided not to take any action against the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).

While CSE brought out a report recently saying most of the brands of packaged and mineral water available in the country contained more pesticides than the permissible limits, which could lead to physical impairment ranging from damage to the central nervous system to lung cancer, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the scientist community yesterday backed the bottled water companies saying the water was