Nestle Baby Formula takes the spotlight this week with guest musician/comedian Nick Johnson (Downhill Jam)

We'll discuss how Nestle advertises the shit out of baby formula in the developing world despite knowledge that their target audience didn't have the cleaning facilities to safely use their product, leading to a still in effect boycott.

 

Sources:

http://archive.babymilkaction.org/pdfs/babykiller.pdf

http://archive.babymilkaction.org/pages/history.html

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https://www.businessinsider.com/nestles-infant-formula-scandal-2012-6

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https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/06/magazine/the-controversy-over-infant-formula.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nestle-babymilk/nestle-to-respond-to-baby-milk-criticism-in-coming-days-idUSKBN1FM18F

www.babymilkaction.org/nestlefree

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