I am sure Nestle is not the only company to advertise in such a manner. I think we could all think of pmany comanies not just related to baby stuff that over emphasis/ under emphasis, misrepresent, lie etc. It is unethical- but its the nature of the beast...thats advertising for ya!

And all of what you have said is right....

But its not this machine or the next machine or the one after that that one can 'blame'. Given- education etc is important but at the end of the day its all choice and if people choice to FF because its a status symbol then all we can do if provide them with the tools to make it as safe as possible. A machine that delivers the 'correct dose' can change the 'watering down of formula' cant it?

...Its not Nestle in isolation that causes the tragedies that you have mentioned...its peoples choices.
Perhaps there are others, yes in fact Coca Cola are guilty too. I can be driving in the middle of nowhere and there will be billboards and signs for Maggi noddles, stock (owned by Nestle) and Coca Cola. A friend owns a supermarket in PNG and he told me that Maggi have a 90% market share of instant noodles. There are cheaper products imported from Indonesia, there are locally made products, none of which have the capacity to compete with the advertising of Nestle. Friends of mine honestly believe that Maggi noodles are better purely because of advertising. They think they are better to give their children than fresh veggies because that's what the signs say.

But i don't really see how that is relevant. Sure, there are other companies that do the wrong thing. But just because others do it too or 'if Nestle didn't some else would', doesn't make it right.

And as for choice, most of the people i see are not given the opportunities we are which makes us capable of choice. They are uneducated, by that i mean most have never been to school, and the ones that have went to grade 5. They don't read or speak English, if they could the newspaper is about an hours wage, so not many people would buy it. And even then the journalism is less than informative. They have never left the village they are from because the bus fair to the city, 2.5hrs away, is too expensive. They don't have television, certainly not internet, hell, these people sleep on sarongs on the floor, in a small hut, which is one room. They all sleep together. They cook outside on a fire and all eat from one or two plates because that's all they have. How are they able to make a good choice about anything like nutrition? How are they supposed to be educated about it? To blame them and say it is their choice, is really unfair.