Collection on the Baby Formula Abuse Action Group of Philadelphia, 1973-1981.

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Collection on the Baby Formula Abuse Action Group of Philadelphia, 1973-1981.

Materials, including minutes, correspondence, financial records, and publications, from a small organization formed in the mid-1970s to stop major milk substitute manufacturers, most notably Nestlé, from continuing exploitative business practices in Africa. In coordination with other groups such as the International Nestlé Boycott Committee, the organization showed films and distributed literature promoting an international boycott. Also included are articles and other publications on the same issue collected by the organization from other sources.

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Baby Formula Abuse Action Group of Philadelphia

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Lear, Walter J. (Walter Jay), 1923-

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Founder, Institute of Social Medicine and Community Health; treasurer, Baby Formula Abuse Action Group. From the description of Collection on the Baby Formula Abuse Action Group of Philadelphia, 1973-1981. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862761 Founder, Institute of Social Medicine and Community Health. From the description of Collection : of the papers of Frank F. Furstenberg, 1943-1997. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat...

Nestlé.

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