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This month’s Ig Nobel Awards (a parody of the traditional Nobel prize ceremony) raised eyebrows and awareness by honoring the three scientists who confirmed Coca-Cola??s spermicidal properties. But their paper—which suggested, among other things, that Diet Coke was a more effective ex-sperminator—came out way back in 1985. The rebuttal from a Taiwanese team (also honored at this year’s Igs) which proved that Coke actually has no contraceptive properties, has been around since 1987. And for generations, we have reciting that famous folk-medicine...
...lubricant (spermicidal properties unspecified). So what if soda can’t really prevent pregnancy? The U.S. needs to keep up with the burgeoning Third World anyway. And even though most respondents would rather that several (million?) of their best buddies be immersed in water, they clearly prefer Coca-Cola??s secret formula to nonoxynol-9. Sorry, big pharma; congrats, big sugar...
...poor on the south side of Chicago and, through intelligence and determination, won a scholarship to Milton Academy before attending Harvard. Since graduation from Harvard Law School, he has served the country in a presidential administration and fought for social justice across the country–from Coca-Cola??s boardroom to the halls of America’s courthouses. One of the great strengths of Harvard is its extensive socio-economic diversity; Deval Patrick’s range of experience and passion for representing people from dissimilar backgrounds makes him a rare candidate who can represent...
...said that Harvard students had been muted in their response to Coca-Cola??s alleged abuses because of a “lull and loss of momentum” following a wave of student activism on campus...
...company of complicity in the deaths of eight union leaders and the continuing harassment of union workers in Colombia. According to the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke, which is run by the International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) and the Colombian labor union SINALTRAINAL, among other trade unions, Coca-Cola??s bottlers in Colombia have used paramilitary groups in the country to kill at least eight union leaders since 1989. In India, different groups of activists in rural communities have accused Coke of depleting groundwater in drought regions and polluting soil and groundwater in these areas, as well...