(Natural News) The ongoing shortage of baby formula in the U.S. has impacted 10 states, particularly low-income families, according to data. Based on figures from market research firm IRI, the states of Alaska, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and West Virginia experienced the highest out-of-stock levels for baby formula. At the national […]

(Natural News) Consumer goods company Unilever has raised prices due to rising raw materials costs. The multinational firm warned that inflation would continue for at least the next 12 months. Unilever said on Oct. 21 that it increased its prices by 4.1 percent in the third quarter of 2021. The price hikes serve to pass rising […]

(Natural News) The global supply chain crisis has alarmed many retailers and made them overorder ahead of the holiday season. Some companies are also placing orders too early, which has done nothing to help the problem. “Suddenly, retailers and manufacturers are overordering because of these supply chain issues, and that’s just leading to essentially an even […]

(Natural News) Nestle, Diageo, and Danone are some companies that may raise the prices of their products this year as they struggle with the strongest inflation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While sales are rising as key markets start rebounding, the recovery also means that there are increased costs for ingredients, packaging, and transport. For instance, coffee […]

(Natural News) A new BBC documentary has exposed Nestlé for deliberately polluting the food supplies of those who live in the Amazon rainforest, causing an epidemic of childhood obesity. To get the indigenous people groups of South America’s pristine jungles hooked on junk food, Nestlé has been sending in “floating supermarkets” filled with processed, highly […]

(Natural News) Officials in the Golden State have drafted a cease-and-desist order against Nestle for allegedly stealing millions of gallons of water from the forests of San Bernardino. Nestle, which bottles said water under the Arrowhead brand, is permitted to extract 2.3 million gallons per year of the water, but a new report claims the […]

(Natural News) A human rights group has filed a lawsuit against some of the biggest names in the chocolate industry for allegedly trafficking children across national borders to harvest cocoa. Eight Malian men claim they were victims of this child slave labor scheme, which involved their being recruited under false pretenses, trafficked into Côte d’Ivoire, […]

(Natural News) A three-day underwater exploration by Greenpeace South East Asia documented large amounts of plastic pollution that threatened marine life in the Verde Island Passage in the Philippines. Single-use plastics pollute one of the most biodiverse waters in the world In 2006, the Verde Island Passage in Batangas City was crowned the “Center of […]

(Natural News) Since 1970, worldwide water consumption has doubled, yet 1.3 billion people still don’t have access to clean water. The scarcity of clean water leaves hundreds of millions of people at risk of contracting deadly disease every year. Approximately 2.2 million people die annually from diseases related to contaminated drinking water and poor sanitation. […]

(Natural News) Experts say you need to get around 2 liters of fluids every day to be healthy and hydrated, but one unexpected ingredient found in bottled water could actually be working against you even as you try to enhance your health: microplastic. A recent CBC marketplace investigation into bottled water on the market found […]