Blog #8

Bottled water is a growing industry in major corporations-Pepsi, Nestle, and Coca-Cola- creating ongoing issues that are beyond average people’s control. (1 set off by dashes) Fryeburg’s main crisis with one corporation is Nestle.  Due to its abundance in clean, fresh, spring water Nestle wanted to grab a hold of what Fryeburg had: leaving the city in crisis. (1 set off by colon) Nestle, powerful and competitive, wanted all control of Fryeburg’s. (Adjective out of order) They began to pump water from Maine’s main springs and turn it into bottled water to sell to people all across the state. Maine was then paying for water that was stolen from their springs, while the Nestle Corporation received all the profits. They would pump water then leave the citizens second. This would soon turn into competitions between other big corporations and other cities would be left with very minimal water supply and severe water threats among their towns to save and conserve water.  

I did not know that corporations have such authority over a powerful product like water. In states like Maine (where water supply is abundant) there should be laws for corporations, such as Nestle, that can access it. (1 set off by parenthesis) Allow the voices of people in Maine to be heard. Create laws and regulations on how much water they can take. The profits they make are enormous and all they are doing is taking from the people both out of their pockets and out of their health and giving back to themselves. The people, who are unaware of this problem, are being victimized for future health issues. (1 set off by commas)

Water, a necessity that can be seen as never running out, could end up happening. (Participle Phrase) People suffer from big corporations for many different reasons but I would have never thought water was one of them. I understand that big corporations thrive off of the public and they will do anything to make themselves money to sustain their company but I feel like there should be a line drawn