Dive Brief:

• Coca-Cola is investigating claims that U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan became ill after drinking bottled water supplied by the company.
• The probe was launched after a member of Pennsylvania National Guard’s 252nd engineering company, serving at Bagram Airfield, tipped members of the media.
• According to news reports, military personnel suffered fevers and diarrhea after drinking bottles of Kinley, a bottled water brand owned by Coca-Cola and sold in Asia and Europe.

Dive Insight:

There are few things tougher than serving in the military in a place like Afghanistan. One of those things would be to feel violently sick while serving in the military in a place like Afghanistan.

NATO's international security assistance force has said that, so far, there is no evidence of water-borne illnesses in the investigation. Still, some cases of the water have been set aside as a precaution, as NATO has confirmed that some fine particles were seen in the bottles.