sounds like they have a fat hog by the @$$ probably pay their workers huge sums - right? LOL
Joe Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well I'm not sure what their costs would be. They pump the water out of the aquifer themselves so it's only the energy and maintenance costs there, and they manufacture all the bottles here as well and it's probably only a few cents worth of plastic plus again energy, maintenance and oh yes some labour but still it has to be an insane profit margin. even if they cleared 50 cents on each 500 ml bottle that's $3.6M a day. But to me more than the greed it is the way they are raping the local watershed and the other environmental faux pas which are the worst concern. If people are dumb enough to give them that much money then what can you say? But people should not be dumb enough to let them just walk away with the commons. That's huge. Then there's the Bisphenol -A issue from the plastic. That's another huge one but not just specific to this industry or this case. That one is of global concern. J Kirk McLoren wrote: 3.6 million a day. How much do you think they make on each bottle? Joe Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey Zeke; With regard to the bottling company here is something for you to think about. Around here there has been a massive organization that has sprung up (no pun) against Nestle corp who are pulling millions of litres a day out of our aquifer and sending it out of the watershed on a convoy of trucks every day. This site; http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/ Has details about it, why it is bad and why we should be putting a stop to it. If you think it is important ( and it is) you might want to use this site to model your own action group to protect your water. WATER IS THE COMMONS AND BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE NOT CORPORATIONS!! Joe Zeke Yewdall wrote: My town water is unchlorinated untreated water off some sort of of alpine glacier. They test the heck out of it for organics weekly and it's always come up good. People drive here from miles around to fill their drinking water containers. And one bottled water company uses town water as their source. However, there are alot of mines around here -- a federal superfund site about 3 miles below town, and according to some people, alot more that should be. I wonder how much heavy metals are leached into the drinking water -- most of the mines are below the source, but I don't know if ALL of them are. It would be interesting to send a sample in for testing. Z On 5/30/07, Kirk McLoren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: the fluoride in our water isnt from treatment The well is toxic Jason Mier < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: we finally got moved in to our house, and i never got any notices in the utility bill. my guess is that- given the fact i can see the town's well, tower, and pump shack from my driveway we dont get chemically treated water... >From: Joe Street >Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org >To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org >Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: [MCS-Canada] Fluoride can >kill................... >Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 10:37:27 -0400 > >ROFL is it a waiver? LOL maybe one day that'll be the norm. They'll have >another one when you register to vote. Waive your rights or you can't vote >buddy. LOL > >Joe > >Kirk McLoren wrote: > >>LOL >>yeah - when you sign up for water and trash you get a paper from the EPA. >> Kirk >> >>*/Joe Street /* wrote: >> >> Huh? The city warns its people not to drink the water it provides >> for them? Now I've heard everything. How many people have sued >> for damages I wonder. That makes about as much sense as the notion >> of trusting officials we elect to represent our interests. Your >> explanation makes sense. Inhalation, not skin adsorption. Yes >> there's a lot of water going by and the heat helps liberate the >> disolved gas. >> >> Joe >> >> Kirk McLoren wrote: >> >>> I think in the case of chlorine it is inhaled in the shower. >>> The amount drunk is small in most peoples case as many people >>> prefer bottled beverages be they juice or soda drinks. >>> I know in Umatilla Oregon just drinking the water is enough to >>> cause fluorosis. CIty water is 6ppm. They encourage pregnant >>> women and children not to drink the water. >>> Kirk >>> >>> */Joe Street /* wrote: >>> >>> Hey Kirk; >>> >>> It's this last bit that has got my attention; >>> >>> Kirk McLoren wrote: >>> >>> SNIP >>> >>>> >>>> Lester was shattered. He couldn't understand it. Yet >>>> there was a reason. Despite taking care to drink only >>>> bottled water, Lester didn't know that *much more of the >>>> pollution-laced tap water is absorbed through the skin >>>> from bathing and washing clothes. >>>> * >>>> Poor Lester. >>>> >>>> *Although almost all exposure to waterborne contaminants >>>> is known to occur via dermal absorption, no studies have >>>> ever been done to determine the toxicity of pollution >>>> scrubber liquor the fluoride used in water fluoridation >>>> schemes. >>>> * >>>> >>> >>> Now I have heard this several times over the last little >>> while with regard to chlorine in tap water. It doesn't make >>> sense to me that my body would adsorb more chlorine (or >>> flourine or any other toxin) from water through skin contact >>> than by drinking it. When I drink water the entire amount >>> goes inside and has to be processed before any of it comes >>> out again. The internal linings have evolved to be highly >>> adsorbing and I'm guessing that it is moreso than the skin. >>> I'd like to see the proof about this claim. >>> >>> Joe >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Biofuel mailing list >>> Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>> >>>http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org >>> >>> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >>> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >>> >>> Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives >>> (50,000 messages): >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >>> >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! 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