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In November 2016, petition site SumofUs.org published a document claiming that the state of Michigan was planning to sell 100 million gallons of water to Nestlé for just $200 a year: The petition cited two articles: A Michigan Live piece published on 3 November 2016 and an article by the Guardian from 5 November 2016, which reported: That article mentioned Flint as a problem that paralleled Evart's, not one that was directly related. Regardless of what happened in Evart, Flint residents still remained without clean and safe drinking water, a circumstance that is close by, but unrelated to the Evart plant's activities: As of 22 November 2016, no decision had formally been reached: SumofUs's petition implied that Nestlé's proposed increase was a done deal, when in actuality the public comment period remained open well after the petition appeared. The inclusion of Flint's ongoing water crisis was also misleading, as the problems in Flint cannot be resolved by approving or denying plans to expand the Evart plant. Previous efforts by SumofUs included petitions claiming developers planned to put a mall in the Grand Canyon and that Starbucks colluded with Monsanto to sue Vermont over labeling of genetically modified organisms.
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