Hey, anything for a dollar

That's exactly how corporations practice their business ethics !

Children die, who cares ?

The only thing that matters is profitability for share holders.

 

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It is good population control..

 

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It says around 1.4 million children die each year of illnesses such as diarrhoea that could have been prevented if they were being breastfed.

Yes, we should force women to breastfeed their children!

But - despite the dangers of mixing infant formula with dirty water and using unsterile bottles ...

Yep, if they don't have clean, potable water and sterilizing equipment, we shouldn't allow infant formula to be sold to them.

The "good guys" of the world need to step up to the plate and prevent people from doing any such activities that the "good guys" don't approve. If they continue to do it, then we should nuke them all.

Baron Max

 

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Exactly when have you ever moved yourself to Bangladesh to protect the children from the corporations?

It's fine to advocate. It's better to actually protect.

Never confuse motion for action.

Pretense is cheaper than it can be made to appear.

 

I think you and your family should spend a year in some 3rd World shithole preferably Somalia that ought buck your ideas up .

What do you want me to do invade a corporation .

 

Didnt anyone rerad the article?

It says the water they mixit with is dirty. Is the mix itself ok?

 

I was born in poverty ...and worked my way out of it to be able to retire at 55 years old with enough money to last for the rest of my life. I know something about poverty ...but I also know something about hard work.

Baron Max

 

What was your first job?

 

It doesn't matter, John, the corporations are guilty according to most around here. The way I see it, they think the corporations are guilty simply because they're corporations. If those corporations make a profit, then they're evil!

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Baron Max

 

I skimmed the article. It is sad, but does show some improvement from Nestle's earlier practice, which lead to world-wide boycott of Nestle about 30 years ago. (I still try to avoid any Nestle product.)

Back then, Nestle not only promoted canned baby food as better, like used in advanced countries, etc. in African hospitals, but GAVE, two cases of their product to new mothers leaving the hospitals. Two cases, guaranteed that 99% of them would have dry breasts when the last can was used.

Thus giving only propaganda is a step forward. Perhaps in 30 years more, Nestle will cease promotion and admit what science has known for 50 years - Mother's milk is by far the best food for new born. Not only does it contain many factors that cow's milk does not have (or has them effective only for the calf's biology) these factors, specific to humans, change with time to meet the baby's changing needs (E.G. less immunologic support factors as the baby's own immunological system develops, etc.)

I will resume buying Nestle products when they stop telling lies, admit this truth.

I ENCOURAGE OTHERS,
who are concerned with either:
(1) the truth in science (my main reason)
or
(2) the welfare of babies in poor countries (not much concern to me)
TO DO THE SAME.

PS to answer John99's question:
Yes the mix is OK - just expensive and inferior to what nature freely provides.

 

Yes, I think we will see downfall of the corporation at some point. The directions they take really boggle the mind.

 

What if they were doing it in the US?

 

Doing what, Sam? Selling baby formula? Not forcing women to breastfeed their babies? What did they do wrong?

Baron Max

 

Simple: Spread lies that injure millions of babies and when compounded with unclean water (to mix formulae that replace clean, supperior, free, mother's milk) kills thousands annually.

Some people go to jail for 10,000 fewer murders. Why not Nestle CEOs?

 

Using dirty water. Who would be held responsible?

 

Dirty water company.

 

I tend to believe that mothers, obsessing about the shape of their breasts (and thus not breastfeeding), are somewhat responsible too. Corporations are just playing and making $ on that "need".

 

I've asked this question many times, I'll ask again - if everybody knew about the hard work as much as you do, poverty would disappear?

 

Nestle used dirty water???

What's really odd here is that even if Nestle weren't around, those people would have been giving their kids the same dirty water to drink ...and thus the kids would have suffered just as much or more. So ....what's Nestle have to do with it all?

It's the fault of India ...not supplying the people with clean drinking water. Why blame Nestle? Shouldn't we be blaming India?

Baron Max

 

Yes. But it's not all about hard work, it's also about not having children when you can't afford to feed and house them or give them proper medical care.

Baron Max