Nestle CEO Defends Bottling Water In Drought-Stricken California: ‘I’d Increase Bottling If I Could’

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Source: www.addictinginfo.org | Original Post Date: May 14, 2015 –

Nestle’s CEO wants consumers to know one thing: For him, using up millions of gallons of water in drought-stricken California is strictly business and business is booming.

The embattled head of Nestle Waters North America defended his ongoing use of water in the rapidly drying region by saying if he didn’t use the water, one of his competitors would. Throughout an interview with a hydrologist from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, CEO Tim Brown insisted on a twisted free market view that says as long as profits could be made, profits should be made:

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