From New York Times Citizen Coke By Beth Marcy January 2, 2015 - TopicsExpress



          

From New York Times Citizen Coke By Beth Marcy January 2, 2015 Coke was the brainchild of John Stith Pemberton, a broke, morphine-addicted pharmacist in Atlanta who advertised it as a “brain tonic.” “Just add a few squirts of carbonated water,” he instructed the salesmen hawking the syrup in 1886. A century later, those squirts have gushed into a tidal wave. Over 79 billion gallons of water are required annually to dilute Coke syrup, and an additional eight trillion gallons are needed for other aspects of production, including the manufacturing of bottles. In 2012, Coke used more water than close to a quarter of the world’s population. Beth Marcy New York Times nytimes/2015/01/04/books/review/citizen-coke-by-bartow-j-elmore.html?ref=review&_r=1
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 23:13:46 +0000

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