Boycott Nestle and help save lives.
Please forward this message to as many people as you can.
Nestle undermines breastfeeding by promoting breastmilk substitutes in
violation of an international marketing code. 4,000 infants die every day
because they are not breastfed
Nestle promotes artificial infant feeding around the world, breaking a
World Health Organisation (WHO) code of marketing.
Nestle makes a profit while others count the cost.
* WHO and the United Nations Children's Fund say that reversing the decline
in breastfeeding could SAVE 1.5 MILLION LIVES EVERY YEAR. Millions more
infants become seriously ill because they are not breastfed.
* Where supplies of water are unsafe and conditions unsterile, a bottle-fed
baby is up to 25 times more likely to die as a result of diarrhoea.
Expensive formula (often costing more than half the entire familt income)
impoverishes people who are already poor. Milk is often watered down to
make it go further, thus adding the extra risk of malnutrition.
* A breastfed child is less likely to suffer from gastroenteritis,
respiratory and ear infections, diabetes, pneumonia, polio, allergies and
other illnesses. Bottle baby disease is the name given to the deadly
combination of diarrhoea, dehydration and malnutrition which is the result
of unsafe bottle feeding.
* Breastfeeding is the best start in life for a child - but Nestle's baby
food marketing puts profits before health.
* Baby Milk Action coordinates the 18 country international Nestle boycott,
focussing on Nestle because it controls about 40% of the world market in
baby milks and uses its influence to undermine controls on marketing
activites. Monitoring shows Nestle to be the largest single source of
violations worldwide. The Boycott is supported in the UK by over 100
church, health and consumer groups, over 90 businesses 80 student unions,
17 local authorities, 12 trade unions, 74 politicians and political parties
and many celebrities.
* Nestle has been warned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) not
to repeat claims made in the 1996 anti-boycott advertisement.
NESTLE TAKES NOTICE OF SALES FIGURES - BY BOYCOTTING NESTLE YOU CAN
HELP STOP THESE UNNESSESSARY DEATHS
What you can do
1. Don't buy any Nestle products. If the company you work for provides
Nestle products in Vending machines or in the staff canteen, make sure
whoever is responsible is aware - see further down this message for a list
of Nestle brands, print it out and take it shopping with you.
2. Send Peter Blackburn this email message in your own words:
"I understand that Nestle baby milk substitues contribute to the
unnessessary death of 1.5 million infant deaths per year, I therefore
pledge to do my best not to buy any Nestle products. I shall continue my
boycott until independent monitoring demonstrates that Nestle no longer
unethically advertises or promotes breastmilk substitutes."
Email address: [log in to unmask]
3.. Forward this message to all your colleagues and friends by email, and
tell others who don't have email access.
. The above information has been taken from the Baby Milk Action
website: http://www.babymilkaction.org Contact Baby Milk action for
information on how you can join and contribute to their campaign. Email:
[log in to unmask] Tel:(01223 464420 Fax:(01223)464417
NESTLE UK PRODUCT LIST
(not guaranteed complete)
NESCAFE
Gold Blend * Blend 37 * Alta Rica * Cap Colombie * Cappuccino * Decaff
* Fine Blend
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Carnation * Chambourcy * Fussells * Ideal * Milkmaid * Tip-Top *
Bonjour * Chamby * Creme Vienna * Darlky * Flanby * Fulcreem Custard *
Hippopota * Jacky * Le Grande * Nouvelle * Robot
Also Sealtest and Haagendaas Icecream.
CONFECTIONERY AND SNACKS
Kit Kat * Maverick * Rowntree * Aero * After Eights * Lyons Maid Ice
Cream * Nestle Ice Cream * Polo * Smarties * Lion Bar * Baci chocolate *
Blue Riband * Breakaway * Cabana * Caramac * Caramel Wafer * Cello *
Creamola * Dairy Crunch * Drifter * Eclipse * Good News * Festival * Fizzy
Jerkz * Fruit Pastilles * Fox's Glacier Mints * Henri Nestle Collection *
Jellytots * Karima * Lion Bar * Matchmakers * Milky Bar * Montego *
Munchies * Novo * Quality Street * Rolo * RPC * Savana * Secret * Toffee
Crisp * Toffo * Tooty Frooties * Walnut Whip * Weekend * Willy Wonka *
Yorkie
SEASONINGS
British Shoyu * British vinegars * Cook-in-the Pot * Dufrais * Sarsons
vinegar
MINERAL WATER
Perrier * Ashbourne * Contrexeville * Buxton * Vittel * Vittelloise
OTHER DRINKS
Milo * Build-up * Caro * Elevenses * Flo-Mix * Libby's C Drinks *
Mix-O-Choc * Moonshine * Nescore * Nesfit * Nesquick * Slender * Superquick
* Um Bongo
PROCESSED MEALS
Findus * Buitoni pasta and canned foods * Crosse & Blackwell * Maggi *
Alphabetti * Bonne Cuisine * Dish of the Day * Eskimo * Four Seasons *
Healthy Balance * Lean Cuisine * Pasta Choice * Rice & Things * Scrunchies
* Waistline
SPREADS & PICKLES
Branston Pickle * Gales Honey * Holgates Honey * Pan Yan * Sun-Pat *
Tartex * Vessen pate
CEREALS
Shredded Wheat * Shreddies * Cheerios * Cinnamon Toast Crunch * Cocoa
Puffs * Crisp Rice * Energen low cal wheatflakes * Force * Golden Grahams *
Honey Nut Cheerios * Luck Charms * Team * Robertson's cornflakes * Sunny
Jim * Wheatflakes * Golden Nuggets
COSMETICS
L'Oreal * Lancome * Claudel
PET FOODS
Spiller's * Friskies * Go-Cat * Go-Dog
CONTACT LENS CARE
Alcon *
Notes:
1. UNICEF reviews contaminants:
The possibility of breastmilk contamination has recently been portrayed
in alarmist headlines by the media. A UNICEF paper 'Breastfeeding and
Environmental Contamination' reviews the evidence. The superiority of
breastmilk, despite the presence of small quantities of chemicals is
affirmed. One study cited estimates that 'about three days of life
expectancy would be lost because of cancer attributable to contaminant
exposure through breastmilk. In contrast the decrease life expectancy from
not breastfeeding was about 70 days'
2. Exclusive breastfeeding recommended for 'around 6 months':
This is one of the conclusions of a WHO. report reviewing existing
scientific knowledge about complimentary feeding in developing countries.
The report states that 'full-term infants with appropriate weight for
gestational age should be exclusively breastfed until about 6 months of
age' and that 'children should continue to be breastfed for up to 2 years
of age or beyond'
3. The International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk substitutes was
adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1981. It aims to protect all
mothers and babies from aggressive company practises and to ensure that
they receive accurate information. It bans all promotion of baby milks and
other breastmilk substitues.
Cindy Curtis,RN,IBCLC
mailto:[log in to unmask]
http://www.erols.com/cindyrn
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