The conclusions of the parliamentary investigative commission on bottled water, revealed by Le Monde and Radio France, show how the French government toned down a report highlighting the contamination of Perrier sources at the request of the Swiss giant.

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The conclusions of the parliamentary investigative commission on bottled water, revealed by Le Monde and Radio France, show how the French government toned down a report highlighting the contamination of Perrier sources at the request of the Swiss giant.

namely, the use of prohibited filters to purify water contaminated by pesticides and fecal bacteria

  • kamenLady.@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Since the 1970s, the criticism of Nestlé increased, about the company’s reported use of:

    • slavery
    • child labor
    • incidents of contaminated and infested food products
    • preventing access to non-bottled water in impoverished countries
    • actively spreading disinformation about recycling
    • illegal water-pumping from drought-stricken Native American reservations
    • price fixing
    • extensive union-busting activity
    • deforestation
    • lobbying to support misinformation about infant and women’s nutrition. In 2014, Nestlé alone spent an estimated $160 000 on - lobbying related to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

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