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Nestle bows to pressure to limit Ontario water withdrawals
2016-05-30 17:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecojustice: Each day, Nestlé Canada Inc. has permission to withdraw more than one million litres of water from a well in the town of Hillsburgh, Ontario, and bottle it for sale. The Ontario government told Nestlé to reduce the amount of water it pumps from this aquifer during drought conditions. In 2012, Nestlé persuaded the government to remove these restrictions even though their removal might endanger the neighbouring communitys source of groundwater. In 2013, Wellington Water Watchers and The Council of...
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