Peter Gleick is the President of the Pacific Institute based out of Oakland, California. Gleick is an engineer (PhD, Energy and Resources, UC Berkeley) and is an internationally recognized water expert. His new book "Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water" (published by Island Press) is all about the politics, economics and science of bottled water. Moreover, the book addresses marketing and advertising of bottled water, bottled water claims, the growing revolt against bottled water etc.
from Oregon Live's PDX Green - by Carrie Sturrock, The Oregonian -- If you're thirsty at the University of Portland, find a drinking fountain. Or bring your own water. As of this month, the campus no longer sells it in plastic bottles.
BottlemaniaBottlemania - Bloomsbury (2009) by Elizabeth Royte - Reviewed by Joseph Nevin
"Consumer backlash begins to bite, but recession also likely to blame" (either way is OK by me - ed.)
In a bid to encourage people to return to humble tap water, London’s Mayor pledged to promote drinking fountains in the city. Now visitors can enjoy a free drink of water (sans the wasteful and polluting plastic bottle) in Trafalgar Square with the installation of a spiffy new granite and brass water fountain.
Although the fountain was originally installed in 1960, it has undergone a major revamp to ensure it provides free water to the thirsty masses.
By Claire Thompson Grist Magazine, 3 Aug 2009
Tapped, a new documentary about the bottled water industry from director Stephanie Soechtig and the producers of Who Killed the Electric Car? is a pretty damning look at how consumers have been tricked into spending too much money on water packaged in plastic and quite often not as clean as what’s available from the faucet.
Worth reading! Great Article in the Los Angeles Times Business Section blog reporting on Mother Jones' story about the dark side of Fiji Water. The Mother Jones story itself is a must read: "Obama sips it. Paris Hilton loves it. Mary J. Blige won't sing without it. How did a plastic water bottle, imported from a military dictatorship thousands of miles away, become the epitome of cool?"
Sam's Choice (Wal-Mart)
WET REGRET Water comes from the Las Vegas municipal supply. A test by the Environmental Working Group found it had 200% of the allowable trihalomethane, a carcinogen, and included several chemicals known to cause DNA damage.
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