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Dover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-08-04 06:00 AM
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Farmers turn to Coke, Pepsi to kill pests
AP farmers turn to Coke, Pepsi to kill pests

Reuters
Monday, November 08, 2004 at 1438 hours IST

Guntur, November 8: Cotton farmers in some villages are flocking to buy Coca-Cola and Pepsi, believing that the sugar in the fizzy drinks kills pests.

Farmers say scientists advised them to mix pesticides with a sugary syrup to control pests, and they found the mixture cheaper and more effective than pure chemicals -- although soft drink makers and scientists dismissed the claims...cont'd

http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=38189
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whathappened Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-08-04 06:04 AM
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1. sounds like it mite work
to me , wife use to use borax and powedered sugar around the outside of the house to control ants ,
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-08-04 06:22 AM
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2. ahh, the uses for coke! Emory University Hosp. has used warm
coke enemas for years, I'm told... (Emory has major Woodruff, i.e., Coke money)
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Bullshot Donating Member (807 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-08-04 06:47 AM
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3. I've drunk Coke and Pepsi for years and I have no bugs in my system.
It really works!
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