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Related: About this forumNew App Lets You Boycott Koch Brothers, Monsanto And More By Scanning Your Shopping Cart
New App Lets You Boycott Koch Brothers, Monsanto And More By Scanning Your Shopping Cart
http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2013/05/14/new-app-lets-you-boycott-koch-brothers-monsanto-and-more-by-scanning-your-shopping-cart/
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Once youve scanned an item, Buycott will show you its corporate family tree on your phone screen. Scan a box of Splenda sweetener, for instance, and youll see its parent, McNeil Nutritionals, is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson JNJ +1.3%.
Even more impressively, you can join user-created campaigns to boycott business practices that violate your principles rather than single companies. One of these campaigns, Demand GMO Labeling, will scan your box of cereal and tell you if it was made by one of the 36 corporations that donated more than $150,000 to oppose the mandatory labeling of genetically modified food.
Deciding to add that campaign to your Buycott app might make buying your breakfast nearly impossible, as that list includes not just headline grabbers like agricultural giant Monsanto but just about every big consumer company with a presence in the supermarket aisle: Coca-Cola, Nestle, Kraft, Heinz, Kelloggs, Unilever and more.
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New App Lets You Boycott Koch Brothers, Monsanto And More By Scanning Your Shopping Cart (Original Post)
Mika
May 2013
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MuseRider
(34,103 posts)1. Downloaded it to try
but it is not working. Says they will get back to me to tell me why. LOL. Samsung Galaxy 3, it will work eventually.
kona808
(41 posts)2. Since I'm boycotting all smartphones
Produced in 3rd world country sweatshops it doesn't do me much good.
Cha
(297,029 posts)3. Wow, it's something I will never need because I only shop
in natural food co-ops but I'm glad it's out there for People!
thanks Mika