Wenonah Hauter

Nestlé Targets Developing Nations for Bottled Water and Infant Formula

By Darcey Rakestraw On April 23, Nestlé announced it had purchased Pfizer’s infant nutrition unit, which will strengthen their ability to sell infant formula in emerging markets, particularly in Asia. The move is not surprising, since 85 percent of Pfizer’s infant nutrition revenues came from developing countries, where Nestlé is also looking to expand its sales of bottled water. How do we know this? Nestlé has declared both its Pure Life brand of bottled water and infant formula as ...[READ MORE]

We're Blaming the Wrong People for Polluted Tap Water – Wenonah Hauter

Recent coverage of hexavalent chromium (also known as chromium 6) in some of our nation's water supplies vilified the wrong institutions: our municipal water utilities. The real culprits are the industries that dump this and other pollutants into our drinking water sources, and the elected officials who are short-sightedly failing to fund our drinking and wastewater systems. I repeat: tap water and the public agencies that provide it are not the enemy. A vital resource, tap water is sometimes ...[READ MORE]