Press Releases
Below are Food & Water Watch Press releases:
FDA Approves Irradiation Despite Uncertainties About Consumer Safety
August 21, 2008
Press Release: Statement of by Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch Executive Director: Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it will allow fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce to be treated with ionizing radiation. Nearly two years after a major E. coli outbreak was linked to California spinach, it is unbelievable that the FDA’s first action on is this issue is to turn to irradiation rather than focus on how to prevent contamination of these crops.
Food & Water Watch, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay Issue Call for Water Trust Fund
August 21, 2008
On Wednesday, Food & Water Watch joined St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay in providing 5,000 reusable drinking water bottles to City employees, banning the purchase of bottled water by city departments, and issuing a call for a federal trust fund for water infrastructure. The actions marked the City’s leadership in a nationwide effort to provide safe and affordable drinking water through increased federal funding of public water systems.
Eli Lilly Buys Troubled Monsanto Dairy Product
August 20, 2008
Press Release: Today, pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly announced the purchase of Monsanto’s artificial dairy hormone rBGH and its product line Posilac despite dwindling support by retailers, falling market share of dairy operators and widespread consumer distaste for milk from cows treated with the artificial hormone.
City Council, Restaurants, Launch Take Back the Tap Portland Restaurants to Give Up Bottled Water, Support Tap Water Funds Instead
August 19, 2008
Portland, ME - Today, Food & Water Watch, the City Council of Portland, Peace Action Maine, and local restaurants joined together to launch Take Back the Tap Portland. The campaign highlights the social, economic, and environmental problems with bottled water industry; the need for increased funding for public tap water; and the importance of celebrating and protecting Maine watersheds. Restaurants, government officials, and local advocacy organizations are encouraging tap water over the bottled brands as the best choice for Mainers’ health, environment, and economy.
Not Even Monsanto Wants rBGH
August 7, 2008
Press Release: Monsanto’s announcement that it is “repositioning” Posilac, its artificial growth hormone used in milk production and more commonly known as rBGH, is good news for consumers but not the end of the struggle for food safety advocates, warns Food & Water Watch.
Food & Water Watch Expands Campaign to Take Back the Tap in California
August 7, 2008
San Francisco, CA. Today six more restaurants in California will demonstrate their commitment to protecting the environment as they join Take Back the Tap, Food & Water Watch’s campaign to build support for public water and eliminate bottled water. The consumer advocacy group is working with cities across California and the nation to urge local restaurants and chefs to sign a pledge to switch to serving only tap water, help educate customers about the benefits of tap over bottled water, and whenever possible, install a carbonation machine to make sparkling water from the tap.
Activists in McCloud Celebrate Withdrawal of Nestle Water Bottling Contract
August 6, 2008
San Francisco, CA--Activists in McCloud, California won a decisive victory yesterday when the bottled water giant Nestle announced it will kill its water-bottling contract with the McCloud Community Services District. Inked in 2003, the deal would have allowed Nestle to pump up to 200 million gallons of water from nearby Mt. Shasta springs, enough water for 614 typical U.S. families. The bottled water giant had since scaled back the plan due to mounting public opposition led chiefly by the Protect Our Waters Coalition.
Food & Water Watch, Corporate Accountability International and Council of Canadians Endorse Global Water Crisis Film “FLOW”
August 6, 2008
EW YORK, NY – August 7, 2008 – Today, several leading United States and Canada-based advocacy groups have joined forces to support the highly anticipated U.S. theatrical release of FLOW (www.flowthefilm.com) by Oscilloscope Pictures, a distribution company founded by Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. The announcement was timed to coincide with Nestlé Company’s (VTX: NESN) plan to release its half-year results today and follows headlines detailing recent setbacks for Nestlé Waters’ original contract with McCloud, California to build a one million square foot bottling facility. The coalition includes several organizations such as Food & Water Watch, Corporate Accountability International and the Council of Canadians.
Food & Water Watch To Take Back the Tap in Portland
August 5, 2008
Washington, DC. – Bottled water has been a popular beverage option in Portland in the past. And Food & Water Watch organizer Nancy Matela is working to ensure that it’s popularity stays in the past. Matela is working with local activists in Portland as part of Food & Water Watch’s Take Back the Tap campaign to convince local restaurants and event organizers to eliminate bottled water.
Take Back The Tap: 50,000 People Say No To Bottled Water At Slow Food Nation
August 5, 2008
Press Release: According to a new guide released by Food & Water Watch, event organizers, whether throwing garden parties, conferences, or citywide street festivals, can join the growing movement against bottled water. The national consumer advocacy group will provide tap water for the inaugural Slow Food Nation event over Labor Day weekend.
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