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Re: a variation of ag. dependence



In article <19961208164200.LAA14055@ladder01.news.aol.com> cyclingsid@aol.com writes:

>I know of one such example that appeared in Britain a few years back and
>may still be ongoing. The British Green Party boycoted the food company
>Nestle for pushing their powered baby milk on 3rd world mothers, during
>releaf feeding programs, to an extent that even mothers capable of breast
>feeding their babies habitually used the product. When clean water, needed
>to prepare these formulas, is in short supply it increases the dangers to
>the
>children.

Formula-feeding has been common for about a century in the U.S. (it
was almost universal for a couple of generations), and during a large
fraction of that time most water supplies were not safe, and water
for formula was typically boiled before use.  And, of course, the
average American before 1940 was shockingly poor by modern standards.
How was Nestle's actions in the Third World different from, say,
Carnation's in the U.S.?  I've never been clear on that point.
Was there price manipulation or something?

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