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...HARMFUL nutritional effects of the sale of infant formula in Africa, Asia and Latin America where illiteracy, poverty and lack of sanitary conditions prevent its proper use, pose a serious question for the corporations which market this product: will they choose increased profits over the health of millions of babies...
...sharp drop in the peak age of child malnutrition in these areas as a result of the "alarming" decrease in breastfeeding in the past two decades. Babies are now commonly suffering from the deadly combination of malnutrition and diarrhea--often caused by bacteria-infested, diluted or ill-prepared formula--as early as three to six months after birth. In light of the fact that the critical period for brain development is the first two years of life, this situation is indeed tragic...
...largest producer and seller of infant formula in the Third World is the Swiss corporation Nestle. Nestle operates 81 plants in 27 underdeveloped countries, raking in $300 million annually in infant formula sales. While some corporations--such as Bristol Myers and Borden--have responded to complaints by consumer, church and health organizations by terminating sales to consumers in poor countries, Nestle has refused to acknowledge its role in this serious nutritional problem. It continues to send "milk nurses" (sales personnel dressed in medical-like uniforms) to villages, sales representatives to hospital maternity wards, and free samples to many hospitals. Unfortunately...
...knot of spectators. "Please indicate a vein of good drinking water," he says, almost as an incantation. "It should flow at a rate of at least five gallons per minute and should not be more than 20 feet deep." He takes a few more steps, repeating the formula. And, lo, the rods swing 180° apart, forming a single line at right angles to his line of march. "It's here, all right," he announces without a trace of surprise. "Right under us there is a vein of free-flowing water...
...cries of triumph, the bill is far different from what he originally proposed. The legislation he put forward last year in response to his own declaration of a "moral equivalent of war" actually called for the continued regulation of gas prices, whereas the final version is a complex formula for gradual deregulation by 1985. Even its supporters gave it a grade of C minus; opponents flunk it outright...