Babies are in fact dying in numerous quantaties due to tactics used primarily by the
Nestle corporation. They offer free
powdered milk to mothers of
newborn children who are not well
nourished and so cannot produce
breast milk which supplies all the needs of the
baby. Once the mothed stops producing her own milk they start to charge to mother for the milk. The problem with this is that the
water supply in the local area is not clean and so when the powdered milk is mixed with
water it becomes
disease ridden.
This tactic is primarily used in Brazil and other under developed South American countries.
Due to this method of money making many Student Unions in Great Britain have banned Nestle products from Campus. My own school has also implemented a boycott.