Originally published December 2 2004
Victory! Chicago pulls soft drinks from public schools, saving children from diabetes, obesity and ADHD
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
It's a rare victory in the soft drink vending machine wars. Typically, public schools give in and take the cash, exploiting the health of students in order to raise badly-needed money.
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Come Nov. 15, pop will disappear from Chicago's public schools, along with millions of extra dollars in revenue.
- The school board voted Wednesday to replace Coca-Cola products in school vending machines with juice, water and sports drinks.
- This shift, announced in April, is part of an effort to tackle the problem of childhood obesity.
- The Coke contract generated $20.8 million over five years, split among the central office and individual schools.
- The new contract could generate as little as $6.4 million.
- That is a conservative estimate, CPS officials say, and they pledge to give the schools the lion's share of the drink cash.
- Sean Murphy, CPS' chief operating officer, is hopeful schools won't lose money.
- In other news, dozens of protesters rallied outside the board meeting against Renaissance 2010, the plan to close up to 60 schools and re-open them as 100 new ones.
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