Spyke
Bristlecone
lemmy.world

Fucking hell, why the fuck would anyone buy Nestle formula after the last fucking time they poisoned babies? I wish I was fucking joking

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JohnnyCanuckreply
lemmy.ca

There are places where its the only option. Plus marketing that tells women their babies will die without nestle formula.

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zr0reply
lemmy.dbzer0.com

Because the competition has much more poison in it, which is why especially in Asia, people only buy Nestle or prefer other Swiss products.

To be fair, every producer, no matter where from, had major fuckups in the past. This is caused by capitalistic factors.

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Bristleconereply
lemmy.world

Ugh. MFs on the internet will disagree no matter what you say, jesus...

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001Guy001
sh.itjust.works

Adding some general context about Nestle and the pushing/marketing of baby formula

https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/experts-call-for-an-end-to-the-exploitative-marketing-used-by-the-baby-formula-milk-industry/

https://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2023/2023-02/why-south-african-moms-buy-commercial-milk-formula-when-breast-is-best.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Nestl%C3%A9_boycott

"IBFAN claims that Nestlé distributes free formula samples to hospitals and maternity wards; after leaving the hospital, the formula is no longer free, but because the supplementation has interfered with lactation, the family must continue to buy the formula. IBFAN also alleges that Nestlé uses "humanitarian aid" to create markets, does not label its products in a language appropriate to the countries where they are sold, and offers gifts and sponsorship to influence health workers to promote its products. The company not only made use of mass media promotion (e.g. billboards and posters) and sample distributions, they also had sales people dressed as so-called "milk nurses" to visit mothers in hospital and at their home to praise formula and its benefits."

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