Don't buy Nestle products, and you figure out why...

OfficePants said:
Don't buy Nestle products, but why.
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I'm not sure what the argument is nowadays, but back when I was at university, people were being asked to boycott Nestle products because Nestle was pushing to have impoverished mothers in third world countries use baby formula instead of breast milk.

I did some research and discovered this was true. Nestle's argument was that these mothers were often exhausted and undernourished themselves and so, according to Nestle, it could actually be better for the baby to have formula instead of breastmilk. Well, perhaps that's true. Of course, what Nestle didn't mention is that the money used to pay for their formula could otherwise have been used to purchase nourishing food for the mother so as to improve the quality of her breastmilk.

Also, a big criticism of the push to use formula was that it required sterilised baby bottles and clean water, and a lot of third world countries have no easy way to sterilise things (no handy microwave ovens to steam-sterilise with!) and no clean water to mix the formula with. Apparently, babies were becoming sick because the formula wasn't prepared with clean water and/or in sterilised containers, which is arguably worse than having breastmilk from an undernourished mother.
 
^ I could be wrong, but I thought it was about not buying Nestle products, and the reasons for that.
 
Journeyman said:
I'm not sure what the argument is nowadays, but back when I was at university, people were being asked to boycott Nestle products because Nestle was pushing to have impoverished mothers in third world countries use baby formula instead of breast milk.

I did some research and discovered this was true. Nestle's argument was that these mothers were often exhausted and undernourished themselves and so, according to Nestle, it could actually be better for the baby to have formula instead of breastmilk. Well, perhaps that's true. Of course, what Nestle didn't mention is that the money used to pay for their formula could otherwise have been used to purchase nourishing food for the mother so as to improve the quality of her breastmilk.

Also, a big criticism of the push to use formula was that it required sterilised baby bottles and clean water, and a lot of third world countries have no easy way to sterilise things (no handy microwave ovens to steam-sterilise with!) and no clean water to mix the formula with. Apparently, babies were becoming sick because the formula wasn't prepared with clean water and/or in sterilised containers, which is arguably worse than having breastmilk from an undernourished mother.
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I might be wrong - but I seem to remember at that time that the best on the ground (transitional) advice was for the mothers to add some of the formula to their diet and then breast feed instead of giving formula to the kid.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nestlé_brands

Worst thing is that the CEO wants to privatize water supply.
They buy small pieces of land, install a well and a pumping station, filter the water (if necessary) and sell it at a much, much higher price. And like every good multi-national corp they sue the hell out of every community/ council which dares to oppose them.
Problem is, you may not know that you are buying Nestle products, since they often don't use that brand.
 
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