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![]() {Communities} Think Outside the Bottle “How can water, which supposedly is held in trust by the state for the people, be sold to a foreign corporation, or any corporation, without a vote by the people? We soon learned that Nestlé was preying on other small towns around the country.”
Across North America, the world’s largest food and beverage corporation, Nestlé, is staking claim to community water resources. In the worst cases, Nestlé’s water grab is ruining streams, ponds, wells and aquifers. And in all cases, Nestlé’s practices are raising serious questions about who should be allowed to control water, our most essential resource, and to what end. Will it be corporations like Nestlé or the communities that rely upon this most essential resource for their health, livelihood and well being? Stories about Nestlé's Abuses
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Christian Science Monitor - Hope that the wells won't run dry in Vermont Boston Globe - Fears about water supplies spur opposition to bottling companies Business Week - A town Release - Community Protests, Slowing Market Hang Over Nestlé Shareholders' Meeting
Community Groups Maine: Michigan: California: Learn more about water privatization Take Action *Think Outside the Bottle demands Learn more at ThinkOutsidethe
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