linkedin post 2014-07-30 04:18:57

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PUMPING THE GREAT LAKES. "A few companies have gone even bolder yet, such as Perrier, a subsidiary of the multi-national Nestle corporation. They have invested heavily in Michigan and the Great Lakes ... Much of the Great Lakes water is headed for China, filled in massive cargo bags which are pulled across the ocean by a large supertanker." http://lnkd.in/d2Dvt8D View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-07-30 04:21:22

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POSTER CHILD. "The Ice Mountain Spring Water Bottling Factory is pumping hundreds of millions of gallons per year of Michigan water out of enormous bore hole deep wells — taking billions of dollars in corporate profit from water that belongs to the people of Michigan. Ice Mountain Spring Water™ is a wholly owned division of Nestlé Waters North America, Inc." http://lnkd.in/d2ag6Jt View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-07-31 04:16:16

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LEADING BOTTLED WATER COMPANY. "Nestlé S.A., the World's largest producer of bottled water, is frequently criticised for the ethics of its global control of limited water sources, often with the result of limiting access to those resources by local peoples, as well as environmental concerns." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%25C3%25A9_Waters_North_America View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-07-31 04:18:49

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DUBIOUS PROVENANCE. "In June 2003, Poland Spring was sued for false advertising in a class action lawsuit charging that their water that supposedly comes from springs, is in fact heavily treated common ground water ... stands over a former trash and refuse dump, and below an illegal disposal site where human sewage was sprayed as fertilizer for many years." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%25C3%25A9_Waters_North_America View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-07-31 04:20:41

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HALIBURTON AND BECHTEL are betting on water privatization in Iraq by winning large contracts to rebuild the water system, followed by the privatization of water. Bechtel is already one of the top ten water privatization companies worldwide, with a long record of abusive actions. http://lnkd.in/dtF9-Wn View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-07-31 04:22:41

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AUSIE WATER GRAB. "In Australia, now in the sixth year of a drought, brokers in urban areas are buying up water rights from farmers. Rural residents around the U.S. are trying to sell their land (and water) to multi-national water bottlers like Nestlé." http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2008-06-11/there-will-be-water View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-08-01 04:31:06

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WORLD WATER PRIVATIZATION. "The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund played an important role in this process through the conditionality of their lending." There is a sea of misinformation about the extent of water privatization, but one thing is sure, it is happening at a real pace. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_privatization View in LinkedIn
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