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Published on Apr 23, 2015
John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore and Michael Shure of The Young Turks discuss news that mega food corporation Nestle has been caught using expired permits to extract water for bottling from National Parks in California.
Watch the full AJ+ video here: youtu.be/UoMqril0q-U
"Nestle Waters North America holds a longstanding right to use this water from the national forest near San Bernardino.
But the U.S.
Forest Service hasn't been keeping an eye on whether the taking of water is harming Strawberry Creek and the wildlife that depends on it.
In fact, Nestle's permit to transport water across the national forest expired in 1988.
It hasn't been reviewed since, and the Forest Service hasn't examined the ecological effects of drawing tens of millions of gallons each year from the springs.
Even with California deep in drought, the federal agency hasn't assessed the impacts of the bottled water business on springs and streams in two watersheds that sustain sensitive habitats in the national forest.
The lack of oversight is symptomatic of a Forest Service limited by tight budgets and focused on other issues, and of a regulatory system in California that allows the bottled water industry to operate with little independent tracking of the potential toll on the environment."
