Corruption: Nestle plans to profit off Flint victims with water privatization scheme
‘Those angry about the government and federal agency corruption that led to the Flint, Mich., water crisis are only going to grow angrier after learning that the state has reportedly issued a preliminary approval for a bottled water giant to nearly triple the amount of groundwater it pumps.
As reported by Common Dreams, the additional water pumped by Nestle would be bottled and sold at its Ice Mountain plant, which is situated about 120 miles northwest of Flint.
There, residents continue to deal with fallout from a cost-cutting decision by city managers to switch water sources to the Flint River, resulting in toxic amounts of lead being pumped into drinking water supplies.’
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