c/europe · by schizoidman@lemm.ee · 1y

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

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2025/05/19/how-nestle-and-the-french-government-tried-to-conceal-the-perrier-scandal_6741426_114.html

https://archive.is/HQeRB

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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lunar17@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

This is your daily reminder that Nestlé is evil. Nestlé is evil. Thank you.

uhmbah@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Paywall.

kamenlady@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

https://archive.is/HQeRB

noodlejetski@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

Payrrier

kamenlady@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

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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