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THE PRIVATIZATION OF WATER
NESTLE BOTTLED WATER:
MICHIGAN IS PRACTICALLY GIVING AWAY CLEAN WATER -- BUT NOT TO FLINT
Popular Science, April 13, 2018
https://www.popsci.com/flint-michigan-nestle-bottled-water
On April 2, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality approved a widely-protested plan that would allow the snack company Nestlé to pump 250 GALLONS 0F WATER A MINUTE from White Pine Springs (For Almost FREE) which the company will then bottle, brand like Nestlé Pure Life Purified Water or Ice Mountain 100% Natural Spring Water, and sell (at least in New York) for about $2.50 a pop.
The timing brings to the forefront an issue of increasing international importance: the privatization of water.
La Paz in Bolivia, Cape Town in South Africa, and numerous other cities are hitting the rocky bottom of their natural aquifers and glacial reserves.
The companies that bottle water often do so cheaply, which means companies are pocketing the vast majority of those billions, instead of sharing them with the cities from which they take water. In the case of Nestlé’s operations in Michigan, the company was paying just $200 in extraction fees, according to a 2017 investigation by Bloomberg
https://www.popsci.com/flint-michigan-nestle-bottled-water
Common Dreams, June 26, 2014
- ▶ U.N. TO DETROIT: DENIAL OF WATER TO THOUSANDS VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/06/26
FILM:
The Story - BOTTLED LIFE
The Truth about Nestlé's Business with Water (Documentary)
To be able to sell and make money from water, you first have to own it. The Swiss film "Bottled Life" documents the booming business with bottled water, by focusing on the global leader in this lucrative multi-billion dollar market – namely, the Nestlé corporation in Switzerland. Nestlé currently controls more than 70% of the world's bottled water brands http://www.bottledlifefilm.com/index.php/the-story.html
http://en.bottledlife.tv/#/intro
MORE ON NESTLE BELOW
WATCH:
Annie Leonard's
"THE STORY OF BOTTLED WATER"
The Story of Stuff Project
http://www.storyofstuff.org/movies-all/story-of-bottled-water/
Occupy.com, July 31, 2014
-▶ HOW CORPORATIONS ARE CREATING A LIFE-THREATENING WATER SHORTAGE http://www.occupy.com/article/how-corporations-are-creating-life-threatening-water-shortage
BOTTLED WATER:
FOOD & WATER WATCH DESTROYS THE MYTHS AND GETS YOU THE FACTS http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/bottled/
NRDC Investigation
- ▶ *BOTTLED WATER - PURE DRINK OR PURE HYPE http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/bw/bwinx.asp
- ▶ *NRDC Update: BOTTLED WATER http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/bw/bwinx.asp
Environmental Working Group
- ▶ WHAT'S IN YOUR BOTTLED WATER - BESIDES WATER? http://www.ewg.org/research/ewg-bottled-water-scorecard-2011
The Daily Green:
- ▶ WHY BOTTLED WATER WON'T PROTECT YOU FROM ROGUE PHARMACEUTICALS http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/community-news/bottled-water-pharmaceuticals-47031112
EurActive, December 06, 2012
- ▶ PLANT-BASED PLASTIC BOTTLE NO PANACEA. Food and drinks companies are engaged in a global race for leadership on plant-based renewable plastics.
SPECIAL REPORT
The world's largest drinks companies, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, have laid down ambitious plans to roll out 100% plant-based plastic bottles across the globe, triggering warnings from environmentalists who see a parallel with the ongoing controversy over biofuels. http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-plastics-pvc/plant-based-plastics-panacea-gre-news-516469
WATCH
Very Informative
WATER: THE LIFEBLOOD OF ENERGY (30:00)
How Water Cycles Through The Planet Your Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkqf3WRwquI
September 2, 2013 IPS News
- ▶ WATER SCARCITY COULD DRIVE CONFLICT OR COOPERATION - UN http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/09/water-scarcity-could-drive-conflict-or-cooperation/
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NESTLE'S BOTTLED WATER
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FILM
THE STORY
THE TRUTH ABOUT NESTLE'S BUSINESS WITH WATER
To be able to sell and make money from water, you first have to own it. The Swiss film "Bottled Life" documents the booming business with bottled water, by focusing on the global leader in this lucrative multi-billion dollar market – namely, the Nestlé corporation in Switzerland. Nestlé currently controls more than 70% of the world's bottled water brands http://www.bottledlifefilm.com/index.php/the-story.html AND http://en.bottledlife.tv/
DailyKoz, April 13, 2015
- ▶ NESTLE HAS BEEN PUMPING WATER FROM A CALIFORNIA NATIONAL FOREST WITH AN EXPIRED PERMIT FOR OVER 25 YEARS
The Desert Sun, July 14, 2014
- ▶ NESTLE, ARROWHEAD TAPPING WATER FREE FROM CALIFORNIA'S MORONGO RESERVATION. The Companies are exporting a seriously limited resource with no oversight http://ow.ly/zd4DX
TriplePundit, July 18, 2014
- ▶ NESTLE HIDES BEHIND 'SOVEREIGN NATION' IN DESERT BOTTLED WATER CONTROVERSY http://www.triplepundit.com/2014/07/nestle-bottled-water-controversy/
- ▶ NESTLE'S WATER PRIVATIZATION PUSH http://action.storyofstuff.org/sign/nestle_water_privatization_push
SumOfUs PETITION
- ▶ STOP NESTLE FROM EXTRACTING 265 MILLION LITERS OF BC FRESH WATER FOR FREE http://action.sumofus.org/a/nestle-freeloading-off-BC/
SumOfUs
-▶ BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL CHARGE WATER BOTTLING CORPORATIONS LIKE NESTLE A MEASLY $2.25 PER MILLION LITRES OF WATER. WHAT?
http://action.sumofus.org/a/bc-bottled-water/
Al Jazeera America, July 22, 2014
- ▶ WHILE CALIFORNIA SIPS ITS SCARCE WATER, NESTLE GULPS FREE FOR-PROFIT BOTTLED WATER http://america.aljazeera.com/blogs/scrutineer/2014/7/21/while-californiasipsitsscarcewaternestlesucks.html
Story of Stuff
- ▶ NESTLE POLAND SPRING BOTTLED WATER. The people who live in Fryeburg, Maine can only access their local spring water by buying it in a plastic bottle. That’s because this small town’s spring water is currently controlled by Nestlé, and Nestlé wants to lock up its control over the town’s water with a massive 45-year contract -- children in the town will be grandparents before they are able to challenge it. http://act.storyofstuff.org/page/s/nestle-poland-spring-bottled-water
June 5, 2013 The Daily Sheeple
- ▶ NESTLE'S MASSIVE MARK UP OF WATER WHILE PATENTING BREAST MILK AND MEDICINAL PLANTS http://www.thedailysheeple.com/nestles-wet-dream-they-mark-up-water-53-million-percent_06201
PETITION: Nestlé: Stop draining Pakistan!
http://action.sumofus.org/a/nestle-water-pakistan/
Climate Progress, January 31, 2014
▶ DENIAL FOR PROFIT: NESTLE CEO: LET GOD HANDLE GLOBAL WARMING http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/31/3233481/nestle-climate-denier-god
Salon, July 14, 2014
- ▶ NESTLE IS BOTTLING WATER STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART OF CALIFORNIA'S DROUGHT http://www.salon.com/2014/07/14/nestle_is_bottling_water_straight_from_the_heart_of_californias_drought/
MintPress News, March 20, 2015
- ▶ NESTLE CONTINUES STEALING WORLD'S WATER DURING DROUGHT. Nestlé is draining California aquifers, from Sacramento alone taking 80 million gallons annually. Nestlé then sells the people's water back to them at great profit under many dozen brand names. http://www.mintpressnews.com/nestle-continues-stealing-worlds-water-during-drought/203544/
Inhabitat
- ▶ NESTLE BOTTLES FREE CALIFORNIA WATER FOR PROFIT -- WHILE STATE FACES DROUGHT OF THE CENTURY http://inhabitat.com/nestle-bottles-water-while-californians-face-drought-of-the-century/
June 3, 2013 CBC News
- ▶ GROUPS WANT CAP ON NESTLE'S WATER PERMIT DURING DROUGHTS http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/05/30/pol-nestle-water-permit-appeal.html
EcoWatch, August 13, 2014
- ▶ PRECIOUS WATER BOTTLED AND SHIPPED OUT OF DROUGHT-RIDDEN CALIFORNIA http://ecowatch.com/2014/08/13/california-drought-bottled-water/
Guardian, April 19, 2015
- ▶ CALIFORNIA DROUGHT SPURS PROTEST OVER 'UNCONSCIONABLE' BOTTLED WATER BUSINESS http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/19/california-drought-protest-bottled-water
Mother Jones, August 11, 2014
- ▶ BOTTLED WATER COMES FROM THE MOST DROUGHT-RIDDEN PLACES IN THE COUNTRY. Popular brands like Aquafina and Dasani source from catastrophically dry parts of the West. http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/08/bottled-water-california-drought
National Geographic
- ▶ IF YOU THINK THE WATER CRISIS CAN'T GET WORSE, WAIT UNTIL THE AQUIFERS ARE DRAINED. We're pumping irreplaceable groundwater to counter the drought. When it's gone, the real crisis begins http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140819-groundwater-california-drought-aquifers-hidden-crisis/
WE'RE ON THE BRINK OF THE WORST DROUGHT IN 1,000 YEARS
WATCH
"TAPPED"
Documentary 1:15:09
Examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil. The documentary is well structured and presents an overwhelming amount of evidence which will change the way anyone thinks about bottled and municipal water. http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/tapped/
July 12, 2013 Slate
-▶ YOU ARE PAYING 300 TIMES MORE FOR BOTTLED WATER THAN TAP WATER http://ow.ly/mX2oR
CBC News, September 26, 2014
-▶ BOTTLE WATER vs TAP WATER: 7 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT DRINKING WATER http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/bottle-vs-tap-7-things-to-know-about-drinking-water-1.2774182
Food & Water Watch, June 24, 2013
- ▶ TAKE BACK THE TAP: BOTTLED WATER WASTES RESOURCES AND MONEY http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/reports/take-back-the-tap-2013/
IBWA, December 04, 2014
- ▶ BOTTLED WATER SALES AND CONSUMPTION PROJECTED TO INCREASE IN 2014, EXPECTED TO BE THE NUMBER ONE PACKAGED DRINK BY 2016 http://www.bottledwater.org/bottled-water-sales-and-consumption-projected-increase-2014-expected-be-number-one-packaged-drink
Mother Jones May 8, 2015
- ▶ AFTER A MOTHER JONES INVESTIGATION, STARBUCKS SAYS IT WILL STOP BOTTLING WATER IN CALIFORNIA
COCA-COLA vs PEPSI AND THE SODA/WATER BUSINESS
Circle of Blue - INFOGRAPHIC
- ▶ *10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WATER http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2009/world/infographic-ten-things-you-should-know-about-water/
The Green Diva, June 27, 2014
- ▶ 10 REASONS TO AVOID BOTTLED WATER http://thegreendivas.com/2014/06/27/10-reasons-avoid-bottled-water/
THE LIFE OF A PLASTIC WATER BOTTLE
A JOURNEY BEGINS
FastCoExist, August 26, 2014
IN BEIJING YOU CAN PAY FOR TRAIN RIDES WITH PLASTIC BOTTLES. Across the world, there are many ways to encourage recycling. Tax breaks, virtual points, deposit payments--there's no shortage of ideas. Recently, we even came across a machine in Istanbul that gives out dog food in return for a bottle or two. Beijing is now taking its own approach by giving free train rides and mobile phone top-ups to people redeeming used plastic. Machines in 34 locations take bottle deposits and calculate their worth, issuing a credit to the person's mobile account or transit pass. Sensors scan the bottle's weight and composition, then prompt users to choose their option. http://www.fastcoexist.com/3034720/in-beijing-you-can-pay-for-train-rides-with-plastic-bottles
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CHEMICALS, PHARMACEUTICALS IN YOUR WATER
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Environmental News Network:
- ▶ BOTTLED WATER NOT THE ANSWER: DRINKING WATER CONTAMINATED BY PHARMACEUTICALS http://www.enn.com/health/article/32699
The Associated Press Investigation:
- ▶ *PHARMACEUTICALS FOUND IN DRINKING WATER, AFFECTING WILDLIFE AND HUMANS http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/pharmawater_site/index.html
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February 13, 2013 PBS NewsHour
VIDEO INVESTIGATION
POISONOUS CHEMICAL TOXINS IN YOUR DRINKING WATER: THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, THE EPA AND CONFLICT OF INTERESTS http://www.pbs.org/newshour/multimedia/epa-corporate/
Reuters, August 03, 2014
- ▶ SOME 400,000 IN OHIO WITHOUT DRINKING WATER DUE TO TOXIN LEVELS FROM AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/03/us-usa-water-ohio-idUSKBN0G30L620140803
June 5, 2013 Washington Post
- ▶ *IOWA CITIES STRUGGLE AS FARM RUNOFF CAUSES NITRATE LEVELS TO SOAR IN DRINKING WATER http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/iowa-cities-struggle-as-farm-runoff-causes-nitrate-levels-to-soar-in-drinking-water/2013/06/05/7c1a0450-cdae-11e2-8573-3baeea6a2647_story.html
July 4, 2013 EurActive
- ▶ EU: NEW CHEMICALS, DRUGS ADDED TO EUROPEAN UNION WATER POLLUTION WATCH LIST http://www.euractiv.com/health/new-chemicals-pharmaceuticals-ad-news-529073
- ▶ * BIG PHARMA DRUGS FOUND IN RIVERS, CHANGES FISH BEHAVIOR - WITH POTENTIAL EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/14/anxiety-drug-rivers-changes-fish-behaviour
PHARMACEUTICAL POLLUTION IN OUR STREAMS, RIVERS AND DRINKING (BOTTLED) WATER
SustainAbility, December 24, 2013
- ▶ TOXIC TIME BOMB - NEONICOTINOIDS, CHEMICALS, PESTICIDES IN YOUR FOOD, WATER AND ENVIRONMENT http://www.sustainability.com/blog/ten-trends-from-2013-toxics-timebomb#.Urns-vZQ1K4
June 15, 2013 Digital Journal
- ▶ NEW METHOD FOR DETECTING WASTE MEDICINES IN RIVER WATER http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/35234
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PBS Newshour Video
March 15, 2013
HOW TO GET CHROMIUM-6 OUT OF YOUR DRINKING WATER http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/03/getting-the-chromium-out-of-your-water.html
Huffington Post, March 7, 2013
- ▶ CHEMICAL CREEP: HOW TOXIC CHEMICALS ARE SNEAKING INTO YOUR FOOD, WATER AND YOUR BODY http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/07/toxic-chemicals-food-body_n_2829270.html
NEW RESEARCH: GMO FOOD FAR WORSE THAT WE THINK - THEIR TOXIC CHEMICAL COCKTAILS http://www.activistpost.com/2012/02/new-research-gmo-food-far-worse-than-we.html
THINK THOSE CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN YOUR FOOD, WATER AND ENVIRONMENT HAVE BEEN TESTED? http://sco.lt/72z4gD
Prevention News
- ▶ HOW YOUR BOTTLED WATER SCREWS UP YOUR HORMONES. Paying $2 for a bottle of water may be more convenient than lugging around your reusable one, but that seemingly small price may have a big impact on your health... http://www.prevention.com/food/healthy-eating-tips/your-bottled-water-has-24500-chemicals
Living on Earth, March 14, 2014
▶ THE SCARY NEW EVIDENCE ON BPA PLASTIC: AN ABSOLUTELY MIND-BOGGLING INVESTIGATION INTO THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY TACTICS TO KEEP YOU IN THE DARK ABOUT TOXIC PRODUCTS & EXPOSURE http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=14-P13-00011&segmentID=4
Mother Jones, March 03, 2014
▶ HOW INDUSTRY AND THE FEDS SUPPRESSED EVIDENCE THAT PLASTICS WREAK HAVOC ON OUR HORMONES http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/03/regulatory-capture-bpa-plastic-estrogen-endocrine-disruptor-feds
▶ UN, WHO PANEL CALLS HORMONE-DISRUPTING CHEMICALS A 'GLOBAL THREAT' http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3997219112/un-who-panel-calls-hormone-disrupting-chemicals-a-global-threat
Feb 19, 2013 - Science Daily
▶ EFFECTS OF HUMAN EXPOSURE TO HORMONE-DISRUPTING CHEMICALS EXAMINED IN LANDMARK UNITED NATION REPORT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130219115501.htm
PREVENTION AS CURE
BREAST CANCER, BPA AND THE ENVIRONMENT
INFOGRAPHIC
▶ THE TRUTH ABOUT PLASTIC AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR PLANET - Is temporary convenience worth the 400 to 1000 years it takes plastic silverware to break down? http://holykaw.alltop.com/the-truth-about-plastic-and-its-impact-on-our-planet-infographic
BILLIONS OF POUNDS OF PLASTIC IN OUR OCEANS
IMPACT ON SEA LIFE, YOUR SEAFOOD AND YOUR HEALTH
MORE THAN HALF OF U.S. RIVERS ARE TOO POLLUTED TO SUPPORT LIFE
Shocking report reveals scale of water contaminated http://sco.lt/5JvEi9
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THE CORPORATE PRIVATIZING OF PUBLIC WATER
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Water Justice
- ▶ THE GLOBAL WATER GRAB: A PRIMER http://www.tni.org/primer/global-water-grab-primer
August 3, 2013 Guardian
- ▶ THE WATER COMPANIES AND THE FOUL STENCH OF EXPLOITATION: The privatisation of water is a story of greed, incompetence and fleecing the public http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/03/water-industry-exploitation-pollution
July 3, 2013 EcoWatch
-▶ THE PRIVATIZING OF PUBLIC WATER
Throughout the meeting, a misleading notion was continually raised that using private capital to fund water systems somehow constitutes an innovative approach to financing. This couldn’t be further from the truth.... http://ecowatch.com/2013/will-public-water-be-privatized/
The Guardian, October 30, 2013
- ▶ BLUE-GOLD INVESTING: COMMODIFICATION OF CRITICAL WATER MAY OUT-PRICE THE POOR http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/water-access-commodity-human-rights
June 15, 2013 NPR
-▶ WATER WARS: WHO CONTROLS THE FLOW? http://www.npr.org/2013/06/15/192034094/rivers-run-through-controversies-over-who-owns-the-water?ft=1&f=1025
Project Syndicate, August 7, 2013
- ▶ THE BATTLE FOR WATER http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/why-water-is-becoming-the-new-oil-by-brahma-chellaney
Forest News, June 3, 2013
- ▶ Q&A: WHO OWNS THE RIGHTS TO THE WORLD/S COMMON RESOURCES? http://blog.cifor.org/16672/qa-who-owns-the-rights-to-the-worlds-common-resources/#.Ub6-u-swOic
WATER PRIVATIZATION ESCALATING AT AN ALARMING RATE
THE LEGAL RIGHT TO WATER
WATCH
"FLOW: FOR LOVE OF WATER" 93 min
Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis.
Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/flow-for-love-of-water/
Sustainable Business, January 15, 2014
▶ PRIVATIZATION OF WATER, FIRST ISSUE FOR EU CITIZENS INITIATIVE http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/25440
March 20, 1023 - Save Greek Water
-▶ WATER IS A HUMAN RIGHT – A TEST CASE FOR DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE http://www.savegreekwater.org/?p=1974
Global Sherpa, November 30, 2013
▶ LIQUID ASSETS: FROM WATER RISK TO STEWARDSHIP http://www.globalsherpa.org/cdp-water-business-risk-stewardship
THE BUSINESS OF WATER:
WHY BUSINESS NEEDS TO WAKE UP TO WATER WASTE
GLOBAL WATER CRISIS:
UN's WATER AGENDA AT RISK OF BEING HIJACKED BY BIG BUSINESS
UNBELIEVABLE, UNACCEPTABLE, OUTRAGEOUS:
WEST VIRGINIA MASSIVE COAL ASH CHEMICAL DISASTER CONTAMINATING OUR RIVERS AND WATER SUPPLY
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WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
The Global Water Crisis
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FRACKING AWAY OUR WATER:
Poisoning Our Dwindling water supplies
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in order to sell and make money off from water, you have to own water. since the population is growing water is becoming scarce. the nestle corporation owns more than 70% of bottled water brand.
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