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• CSE director Sunita Narain thinks the actor is being irresponsible by telling people the drinks are safe

Bhopal, Oct 19: Environmentalist and Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) director Sunita Narain has advised actor Aamir Khan to study science and then tell people whether the cold drinks sold in the country contain pesticides or not.

Narain who was in Bhopal to attend a function organised to mark the 10th anniversary of Sambhavna Trust Clinic on Tuesday said that the manner in which Khan was going about telling people that soft drinks do not contain pesticides shows that he has not been provided right information by the companies manufacturing the drinks which are hazardous to health.

She said Khan’s publicity campaigns for cold drink companies was highly irresponsible and he was giving the wrong information to people.

The actor should first study science, and then say anything with authenticity, Narain said. “I had demanded that a standard for pesticide content be set, but the government did not respond favourably,” Narain said.

The clinic, working for the cause of Bhopal Gas Tragedy victims, has in 10 years treated for free over 22,000 people affected by poisonous Methyl Iso Cyanate (MIC) gas that leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide plant on December 3, 1984.