How Nestlé and the French government tried to conceal the Perrier water scandal
How Nestlé and the French government tried to conceal the Perrier water scandal
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.
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
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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.