>Yup Coke, Pepsi, and some other large companies are evil polluting >corporate entities. >The link I posted is to a small (local) bottling company that is not evil. > >If city water is substandard then that needs dealt with, but what does >that have to do with bottled water? The company is spending the money >to clean, package, and distribute it. They should be allowed to do so. >I also think they should be shut down immediately if there is >contaminates in the water. I am not one for piddly fines, a 30 day >shut down per offense, after 3 the company is disbanded. Same for city >water, there is simply no reason for it other then laziness. > >Its like this collapsed bridge in MN. How far would 2 billion go for >fixing all the bridges in the state? For providing education? For any >number of other domestic programs, like wind & solar energy. > >As for the lacking minerals in bottled water, so what? As long as they >do not lie about what IS in it, or is NOT in it, then they are fine. >If the water does not fit your diet just do not buy it or supplement >your diet. > >Am I missing something?
They do lie. Did you read the whole article? http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg70602.html [Biofuel] Pepsi Forced to Admit It's Bottling Tap Water Did you miss this bit? "The environmental impact of the country's obsession with bottled water has been staggering. Each day an estimated 60 million plastic water bottles are thrown away. Most are not recycled. The Pacific Institute has estimated 20 million barrels of oil are used each year to make the plastic for water bottles." Here's Blanding's article: http://www.alternet.org/story/43480/ The Bottled Water Lie By Michael Blanding, AlterNet October 26, 2006 There's good info on water rip-offs in the list archives. Best Keith >On 8/4/07, Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's misrepresentation and profiteering, and probably > > misappropriation too. These companies are crooks, poisoners, and > > worldwide water-robbers. Eg.: > > > > http://snipurl.com/1p5ux > > CorpWatch > > > > http://snipurl.com/1p5v0 > > CorpWatch > > > > http://snipurl.com/1p5v2 > > CorpWatch > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg63502.html > > [Biofuel] Water: a commodity or a fundamental human right? > > > > Best > > > > Keith > > > > > > >Hi, > > > there is a problem with distilled water (or reverse Osmosis). The trace > > >elements are removed from the water. > > > When distilled water is consumed, the trace elements are taken >from the body > > >to balance the water. You need the trace elements. Tap water is balanced > > >water, so does not strip trace elements from the body (although >I don't like > > >consuming chlorine.... > > > > > >regards Doug > > > > > >On Saturday 04 August 2007 03:22:02 am John Mullan wrote: > > > > Some cities may, or may not, have just as clean of a water >supply as that > > > > provided in the bottled water. But I have had water from the taps of a > > > > number of cities. Believe me, the taste of bottled water is >much superior. > > > > If my tap water tasted as good, I might not buy so much >bottled water. And > > > > most water treatment plants do not filter quite like these >bottled water > > > > companies. What cities can do reverse osmosis on a city scale? > > > > > > > > My 2 cents. > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Keith Addison > > > > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 12:48 PM > > > > To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org > > > > Subject: [Biofuel] Pepsi Forced to Admit It's Bottling Tap Water > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.alternet.org/environment/58604/ > > > > AlterNet: Environment: > > > > > > > > Pepsi Forced to Admit It's Bottling Tap Water > > > > > > > > By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! > > > > Posted on August 2, 2007 _______________________________________________ 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/
