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Originally Posted by Cantankerous
here's news for you geeks:
it's fucking bottled tap water. these people are making a killing on TAP WATER.
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In some cases, yeah, bottled water is merely bottled tap water.
Some say it's as much as forty percent of all bottled water comes from a tap.
For instance, Pepsi Co., who owns Aquafina, recently admitted that its product is tap water.
This controversy has been around for years, but is really blowing up now.
I have to say, I do agree with much of this article:
Hatin' on plastic water bottles is all the rage
Forget SUVs and Styrofoam: hip-to-the-times green folk are directing their ire at plastic water bottles. In the last few months, the energy-intensiveness of bottled water -- 1.5 million barrels of oil go into making the bottles for the U.S. market each year, and oodles more to transporting the H2O -- has seeped into the public consciousness. Big-city mayors have urged residents to stop hitting the bottle, and highfalutin restaurants are serving filtered tap water. Advocates point out that water flows freely in nearly every U.S. home, while 38 billion recyclable plastic vessels are trashed every year. Hoping to cash in on the latest consumer trend, Nestle will roll out its water brands in a bottle made of 30 percent less plastic, while Nalgene has teamed up with water-filtration giant Brita to launch a bottle-reduction campaign called FilterForGood. Then again, some Nalgenes and other hard plastic containers contain the icky chemical compound bisphenol A. Which is why we stick with martinis.
straight to the source:
Los Angeles Times, Alana Semuels, 14 Aug 2007
straight to the source:
The New York Times, Alex Williams, 12 Aug 2007
see also, in Grist:
So Long, San Pellegrino
see also, in Grist:
Umbra advises on plastic water bottles
California may require labels on bottled water