Peter Brabeck, the CEO of Nestle, says he believes water should not be a public right, but a commodity to be bought and sold like a candy bar. Nestle is the 27th largest company in the world and does over $65 billion in business, much of it in the sale of bottled water.
"Water is of course the most important raw material we have today in the world. It’s a question of whether we should privatize the water supply for the population. And there are two different opinions on the matter. The one opinion is that as a human being you should have a right to water. And the other view says water is a foodstuff like any other, and like any other foodstuff it should have a market value. Personally I think it’s better to give foodstuff a market value." -- Peter Brabeck
Popular brands of bottled water marketed by Nestle in the United States (Nestle markets to 100's of countries throughout the world including many developing nations):
Arrowhead
Ice Mountain
Poland Spring
Perrier
Pellegrino
Acqua Panna
Aqua Spring
Montclair
Ozarka
Deep Spring
Nestle Wellness
Gerber Pure Life (as part of the Gerber baby food line)
Nestle Waters slogan is "The Healthy Hydration Company."
Or is that soon to be "The Wealthy Hydration Company"?
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