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Connecticut
Nestle Sued for Falsely Advertising 'Poland Spring' Water
In
a class-action lawsuit filed today, consumers claim that Nestle
Waters North America (Nestle), a subsidiary
of Nestle S.A. (OTC:NSRGF.PK), falsely advertises its top-selling
Poland Spring brand bottled water. The suit alleges Nestle uses
heavily treated water taken from common ground water sources
when bottling Poland Spring, but then labels the bottles as spring
water and charges consumers a premium price for supposedly higher
quality water.
Thirst
Among Equals
As
world leaders (except Dubya, of course) are gathering in South
Africa for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, one of
their prime topics is water. Protecting public water supplies
from pollution? Well, that's not going quite as well as the booming
profits of water purveyors. Water is being corporatized, conglomerated,
shipped around the world, and marketed heavily to the affluent.
We're being deluged with water, it seems. Manufactured water,
that is.
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