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Do you really need Fiji water more than Fijians do?
Fiji water seems to have replaced Evian in the status-symbol category, becoming an accessory seen in the arms of the same type of people who constantly carry tiny dogs. You know, the Paris Hilton set. It’s marketed as a super-fresh, great-tasting bottled water that’s far superior to what comes out of your tap. But, wake-up call: at least you have clean water coming out of your tap. That’s more than Fijians have. Fiji water seems to have replaced Evian in the status-symbol category, becoming an accessory seen in the arms of the same type of peop... more
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Bisphenol-A, plastic water bottles, cans, leaching chemicals, BPA, Nalgene bottles
f you are like many readers of The Green Guide, you try and choose foods that are as free as possible of harmful chemicals such as pesticides. But if you consume canned soups, beans and soft drinks, organic or not, you also may be swallowing residues of a controversial chemical called bisphenol A (BPA) that can leak out of the can linings into your food. Nearly all can liners contain BPA, says Geoff Cullen, director of government relations at the Can Manufacturers Institute. BPA has also been found to migrate, under some conditions, from polycarbonate plastic water bottles.
Depending on whom you talk to, BPA is either perfectly safe or a dangerous health risk. The plastics industry says it is harmless, but a growing number of scientists are concluding, from some animal tests, that exposure to BPA in the womb raises the risk of certain cancers, hampers fertility and could contribute to childhood behavioral problems such as hyperactivity.
According to its critics, BPA mimics naturally occurring estrogen, a hormone that is part of the endocrine system, the body's finely tuned messaging service. "These hormones control the development of the brain, the reproductive system and many other systems in the developing fetus," says Frederick vom Saal, Ph.D., a developmental biologist at the University of Missouri. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals can duplicate, block or exaggerate hormonal responses. "The most harm is to the unborn or newborn child," vom Saal says.
Plastic water and baby bottles, food and beverage can linings and dental sealants are the most commonly encountered uses of this chemical. Unfortunately, it doesn't stay put. BPA has been found to leach from bottles into babies' milk or formula; it migrates from can liners into foods and soda and from epoxy resin-lined vats into wine; and it is found in the mouths of people who've recently had their teeth sealed. Ninety-five percent of Americans were found to have the chemical in their urine in a 2004 biomonitoring study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Bottled Water for NYC Localvores
Evian and Fiji water both come from overseas thousands of miles away. Drinking a bottle increases your carbon footprint who knows how much. Craig Zucker, who always believed that NYC water tasted good, is the brainchild behind Tap'd, NYC's first and only localvore water. The water is not exactly the same water that comes out the tap, but it's pretty close. Chlorine and other impurities have been taken out, and though it may not have the "exotic" allure of Fiji or the "clahhsss" of Evian, it does have the New York attitude and edge. Genius, logical, or obnoxious, we're not sure but they have created awareness by encouraging consumers to refill and recycle the bottles. We do love the concept and the next time we see it, we'll be sure to give it a try. So next time you're in a NYC restaurant, don't be surprised if the waiter asks you: Flat, sparkling, tap, or Tap'd? Evian and Fiji water both come from overseas thousands of miles away. Drinking a bottle increases your carbon footprint who knows how... more
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New York City tap water, bottled
A New York entrepreneur has started bottling what New York is best known for, its water! He's taken out some of the chemicals, but he's left the attitude.
Tap'd NYC, costs $1.50 a bottle.
A customer commented:
"Seriously? Tap water? I think this was an episode of 'Golden Girls.' Sophia was trying to sell water from her hose. This idea is 20 years old."
I prefer to drink my NYC water out of the fire hydrant those kids left on. A New York entrepreneur has started bottling what New York is best known for, its water! He's taken out some of the chemicals, bu... more -
Is your waterbottle making you sick? Common plastics chemical linked to human dis...
Does this mean we have to go back to the 12 pack? I don't even think water comes that way... (sighs)
LONDON (Reuters) - A study has for the first time linked a common chemical used in everyday products such as plastic drink containers and baby bottles to health problems, specifically heart disease and diabetes.
Until now, environmental and consumer activists who have questioned the safety of bisphenol A, or BPA, have relied on studies showing harm from exposure in laboratory animals.
But British researchers, who published their findings on Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, analyzed urine and blood samples from 1,455 U.S. adults aged 18 to 74 who were representative of the general population.
Using government health data, they found that the 25 percent of people with the highest levels of bisphenol A in their bodies were more than twice as likely to have heart disease and, or diabetes compared to the 25 percent of with the lowest levels.
"Most of these findings are in keeping with what has been found in animal models," Iain Lang, a researcher at the University of Exeter in Britain who worked on the study, told a news conference.
"This is the first ever study (of this kind) that has been in the general population," Lang said.
Steven Hentges of the American Chemistry Council, a chemical industry group, said the design of the study did not allow for anyone to conclude BPA causes heart disease and diabetes.
"At least from this study, we cannot draw any conclusion that bisphenol A causes any health effect. As noted by the authors, further research will be needed to understand whether these statistical associations have any relevance at all for human health," Hentges said in a telephone interview. Continued... Does this mean we have to go back to the 12 pack? I don't even think water comes that way... (sighs) ... more -
Don't Believe the Propaganda and Don't Drink the Water
I wrote an article on the latest propaganda being spewed by many newspapers to get people to drink tap water over bottled water for environmental. My view on this is that while I somewhat agree on the environmental hazards, it's a very dishonest debate overall.
"There has been an alarming trend among both the mainstream and alternative press to attempt to portray ordinary tap water as being safe to drink. One of the vehicles used in recent months to convince Americans that ordinary tap water is as good as bottled water are the claims that restaurants are making the switch from bottled water to tap.
In an article entitled "Tapping into greener dining, eateries table bottled water" The Boston Globe reports:
Small Plates in Harvard Square menu lists Individual Bottled Water, but instead of a price you'll find this message: Not sold here because plastic bottles are BAD BAD BAD for the environment & that water is really no better than tap water
Seattle's MyNorthwest also touts the claim that some restaurants have moved from bottled water to tap:
Jane Lukatah joins famous restaurateurs like Alice Waters and Mario Batali in a pledge to waste less and save customers money. She says, "The impact to the environment, the cost of transporting, it's totally not necessary. It's such and easy thing to drop."
Even the New York Times got in on the act with an article entitled "Fighting the Tide, a Few Restaurants Tilt to Tap Water:
Filling cargo ships with water and sending it hundreds and thousands of miles to get it around the world seems ridiculous, said Joseph Bastianich, an upscale restaurant owner. With all the other things we do for sustainability, it makes sense.
Now I could be wrong, but as long as I have been going to restaurants, I've always had the option to get tap water if I wanted, so I find these articles suspect, a bit misleading and even dishonest in some respects.
There was at least one article that I came across which seemed to get it at least half right. It was a fairly balanced and lengthy article entitled "Houston Turns Back to Tap," by the free, widely distributed Houston Press. It went so far as to pit local tap water against Ozarka and Dasani and compared the samples to EPA standards.
Aside from that, the recurring theme in all of these articles are environmental concerns and the unnecessary energy used to transport bottled water across the United States. These are certainly noble causes; probably spearheaded by well-meaning individuals. But like most of the trendy "going green" global warming movement, they fail to address real concerns while infusing straw men-type arguments into environmental debates.
Of course, anyone with two brain cells to rub together, and half the sense to read past such propaganda will realize that there are many, many problems with tap water, no matter where you live in the US."
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Bottled Water in the Hot Seat
Senate Panel Considers the 7 Sins of Bottled Water
A U.S. Senate panel today will question a representative of the bottled water industry, along with several of the industry's consumer protection and scientific critics.
Defending his industry's "packaged beverage product," International Bottled Water Association President and CEO Joe Doss will call bottled water "safe, convenient and healthful."
Those words also apply to the water piped to most homes and businesses in America, where we generally are thought to have the safest water in the world. And, that public water is tested routinely for contaminants and arrives without packaging every 8 ounces or so in its own plastic container.
Doss will suggest that bottled water is a better alternative than sodas and other soft drinks, because it lacks calories, caffeine and additives (i.e., because it's water). True, but reusable bottles do the same nifty trick if portability of your "beverage product" is the key concern. (Never mind that the biggest bottled water purveyors are also the biggest soft drink peddlers.)
"With the rise in obesity and diabetes in the United States," Doss will say, "any actions that discourage the consumption of bottled water are not in the public interest."
As anyone displaced from his or her home by a hurricane will tell you, bottled water can be a lifesaver. There's certainly a public interest in making portable water available during emergencies. The daily emergency of avoiding calories in soda may not, however, rise to the level of public service.
The tide of public opinion, which once held the disposable bottled water bottle as among the most fashionable items in one's wardrobe, is turning. Several cities have stopped buying bottled water, and more people are recognizing that reusable water bottles accomplish the same task with far less waste.
Whether it's that, or the economic downturn, or something else, the growth in consumption of bottled water is slackening. From 2002 to 2007, bottled water consumption rose more than 45% (to nearly 30 gallons per person, per year). Growth in bottled water consumption is slated to rise 6.7% in 2008.
For anyone wondering what the fuss is about, here's why you might want to opt for a reusable bottle:
The 7 Sins of Bottled Water
1.Plastic bottles are made from petroleum.
2.The bottles often go into the trash, rather than the recycle bin (in part because many states don't offer five-cent deposits to encourage recycling, as they do on soda and beer cans and bottles).
3.The water is pumped far from where it is sold, creating needless pollution as trucks and barges transport it across the country or around the world.
4.Some local communities have objected to the sale of their water, arguing that the water underground or flowing from natural springs is publicly owned and should not be exploited for profit.
5.Bottled water is rarely as closely monitored as tap water.
6.Tap water in the United States, when provided by a municipal system, is the most highly monitored and safe supply in the world.
7.Some of the water sold in little plastic bottles is tap water, but it costs an awful lot more per gallon.
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Top 6 Myths About Bottled Water
MYTH #1:
BOTTLED WATER IS BETTER THAN TAP.
Not necessarily. While labels gush about bottled water that "begins as snowflakes" or flows from "deep inside lush green volcanoes," between 25 and 40 percent of bottled water comes from a less exotic source: U.S. municipal water supplies. (Bottling companies buy the water and filter it, and some add minerals.) That's not really a bad thing: The Environmental Protection Agency oversees municipal water quality, while the Food and Drug Administration monitors bottled water; in some cases, EPA codes are more stringent.
MYTH #2: (Opinion)
PURIFIED WATER TASTES BETTER.
The "purest" water; distilled water with all minerals and salts removed; tastes flat; it's the sodium, calcium, magnesium, and chlorides that give water its flavor. The "off" taste of tap water is the chlorine; if you refrigerate it in a container with a loose-fitting lid, the chlorine taste will be gone overnight.
MYTH #3:
BOTTLED WATER WITH VITAMINS, MINERALS, OR PROTEIN IS MORE HEALTHY THAN REGULAR WATER.
"Vitamins, color, herbs, protein, and all the other additions to water; those are a marketing ploy," says Marion Nestle, Ph.D., professor of nutrition studies at New York University. Plus, the additives are usually a scant serving of the vitamins you really need in a day, adds Amy Subar, Ph.D., a nutritionist with the National Cancer Institute. Enhanced waters usually contain sugars and artificial flavorings to sweeten the deal and can pack more calories than diet soda. When it comes to providing fluoride, tap water usually wins, though that element is increasingly being added to bottled waters.
MYTH #4:
YOU NEED EIGHT 8-OUNCE GLASSES OF WATER EACH DAY.
The Institute of Medicine recommends about 91 ounces (a little more than 11 8-ounce glasses) of fluid daily for women. But here's the thing: It expects 80 percent of that to come from water, juice, coffee, tea, or other beverages and the remaining 20 percent from food. That means if you drink a 12-ounce cup of coffee and a 12-ounce can of diet soda, you only need 48 more ounces (three 16-ounce glasses, or four soda cans' worth) for the day.
MYTH #5:
AFTER AN INTENSE WORKOUT, BOTTLED WATER IS BEST.
There's a reason volunteers hand out Gatorade during marathons. If your workout lasts longer than an hour, you need to replace the water and electrolytes, such as sodium and potassium, that you've lost (that's what sports drinks generally do). For less intense workouts, regular water is fine.
MYTH #6:
WATER BOTTLES ARE EASY ON THE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE THEY CAN BE RECYCLED.
Wouldn't it be nice? And it's not just the bottles. Eco-costs include manufacturing, trucking, shelving, and marketing. And meeting the annual U.S. demand for plastic bottles requires enough oil to keep 100,000 cars on the road for a year, says Janet Larsen of the Earth Policy Institute. Sure, the 70 million empty water bottles the U.S. produces per day can be recycled, but the sad truth is, about 86 percent of them end up in the trash. Hardly worth it, for what flows out of the tap and into a reusable glass for free. MYTH #1: BOTTLED WATER IS BETTER THAN TAP. ... more -
Bottled water = bad for the environment
This will make you think twice before cracking that cold bottle of water. Reuse and recycle people!! Drink tap water and get a brita filter if you really feel the need. I actually decided against bottles of water at my wedding in two months cause of this article. This will make you think twice before cracking that cold bottle of water. Reuse and recycle people!! Drink tap water and get a brita... more
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Britain's 'best' tap waters named
Exceptionally exciting news item of the day (though it is actually interesting!):
Water supplied by Severn Trent has been named Britain's best tasting tap water by a panel of food and drink experts, the BBC reports.
The panel, including Michelin-starred chef Tom Aikens, gave 10 firms' samples a mark out of five for clarity, smell and most importantly taste.
One panellist described water from Severn Trent, which covers large parts of the Midlands and mid-Wales, as like "a mountain stream of freshness".
Anglian Water was second, Thames Water was third but Wessex Water came last.
TAP WATER RANKINGS
1. Severn Trent Water
2. Anglian Water
3. Thames Water
4. Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
5. Southern Water
6. Scottish Water
7. South West Water
8. Yorkshire Water
9. United Utilities
10. Wessex Water
The tasting competition was set up to celebrate the launch of a new initiative from the environmental group Green Thing.
The Drink Tap campaign will encourage people to stop drinking bottled water and switch to tap water during August.
Could you survive a day without a bottle of water, or do you drink straight from the tap? What's the tap water like where you are? And how do you react to the idea that there are actually people *employed* to test the taste of tap water...? Exceptionally exciting news item of the day (though it is actually interesting!): ... more -
California attorney general cracks down on Nestle water bottling plant plans
Attorney General Jerry Brown on Tuesday said he will sue to block a proposed water-bottling operation in Northern California unless its effects on global warming are evaluated.
Nestle Waters North America wants to pump about 200 million gallons of water a year from three natural springs that supply McCloud, about 280 miles north of San Francisco. Brown's office said that's enough to fill 3.1 billion 8-ounce plastic water bottles.
The water would be bottled at a 350,000-square-foot facility on the outskirts of the former lumber town.
The Swiss-based company scaled back its plans in May after years of opposition from environmentalists and a group of McCloud residents. It originally sought to pump more than double the amount of water.
David Palais, Nestle's Northern California natural resource manager, said the company already was planning studies on air and water quality, hazardous materials, traffic conditions and climate change for a new environmental review of the bottling plant.
"We appreciate the attorney general's letter and share his commitment to ensuring that new projects in California do not negatively impact the environment," Palais said in a statement.
He said the company will conduct environmental studies over the next two or three years. Afterward, Siskiyou County will prepare a new environmental impact report for the project.
Brown said the company must put its revisions into a new contract with the town of McCloud. He wants proper study of the environmental consequences of the bottling operation, saying the previous draft review had "serious deficiencies."
He said it failed to include an examination of whether the operation will contribute to global warming through the production of plastic bottles, the operation's electrical demands and the diesel soot and greenhouse gas emissions produced by trucks traveling to and from the plant.
"It takes massive quantities of oil to produce plastic water bottles and to ship them in diesel trucks across the United States," Brown said in a statement. "Nestle will face swift legal challenge if it does not fully evaluate the environmental impact of diverting millions of gallons of spring water from the McCloud River into billions of plastic water bottles."
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This boggles my mind. California is in a drought in most of the state with more wildfires reported this year, and all Nestle can think of is pumping millions of gallons of water from a spring to put it in plastic bottles to make a profit from it? Another company without a moral center! Attorney General Jerry Brown on Tuesday said he will sue to block a proposed water-bottling operation in Northern California unless it... more -
How Safe is Your Drinking Water?
Solving our Water Problems
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Couture Bottled Water
This reusable frosted-glass water bottle bedazzled with Swarovski Crystals brings you your daily h2o fix for a mere $20 for 375 ml.
The philosophy...
"While working on various studio lots where image is the utmost importance he noticed you can tell a lot about a person by the bottled water they carried."
Where does this h2o come from?
Dandrige, Tennesse
Words can't even describe how ridiculous this is. This reusable frosted-glass water bottle bedazzled with Swarovski Crystals brings you your daily h2o fix for a mere $20 for 375 ml. ... more -
Bottled water industry faces growing opposition
Last week’s decision by a York County water board to delay a vote on whether to sell municipal water to Nestle Corp., the owner of Poland Spring, did not happen in a vacuum.
* Last month in McCloud, Calif., after encountering opposition to what would have been the largest water bottling plant in the country, Nestle announced plans to significantly reduce the plant’s size.
* Earlier this month in Enumclaw, Wash., the city council rejected a proposal to allow Nestle to build another such plant.
* And last Monday, the U.S. Conference of Mayors voted to phase out use of bottled water for municipal employees.
Across the country, opposition to bottled water is building, amid growing concerns about the industry’s environmental impact and rising fears about private control of public water supplies.
“There’s no question that there is a groundswell,” said Ruth Caplan, coordinator of Defending Water for Life, a Washington, D.C.-based campaign that opposes the bottled water industry.
There are several reasons for the backlash to bottled water. Some of it is driven by fears about global warming - given the amount of oil needed to bottle and transport the water.
Some stems from concerns about the chemical makeup of plastic water bottles.
Some of the opposition is a byproduct of the huge price disparity between bottled water and the kind of water that comes from the tap for free.
Here in Maine, some of the local opposition to Poland Spring’s operations has stemmed from the traffic generated by the trucks that transport the water.
Perhaps the biggest factor, though, is a fear that as bottled water becomes more popular, private corporations are gaining more control over a natural resource that is central to life.
“The fundamental issue is, who owns the water?” said Jim Olson, an attorney for Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation, which has been engaged in a legal battle with Nestle. “If this company gets to do it, all companies get to do it, and you’re not going to be able to say no in the future.”
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We need to stop the commoditization of this resource which is the lifeblood of the Earth. Water is a human right. It cannot be bought by Nestle at the expense of the poor in countries where water is already scarce. It is a good sign to see people finally standing up to these companies. Last week’s decision by a York County water board to delay a vote on whether to sell municipal water to Nestle Corp., the owner of Pol... more -
Beckham bottled water?!
Here are some new ads for Emporio Armani Underwear featuring none other than football star David Beckham. Word has it that the 33-year-old soccer stud is in negotiations with soft drink giant Pepsi to launch his own brand of bottled water.
Becks is reportedly going to rake in another $3 million to put his name and face on water products to be sold worldwide.
“[Beckham] is a global brand in himself and there is more scope for him to promote his own products,” a source reveals. “David is keen to go down the healthy route to keep in with his sporty image. He has an idea for creating a range of healthy products, including water. That’s something PepsiCo might develop with him.”
WOULD YOU BUY David Beckham-branded water?
-Just Jared Here are some new ads for Emporio Armani Underwear featuring none other than football star David Beckham. Word has it that the 33-yea... more -
Thirst for bottled water unleashes flood of environmental concerns
Plastic water bottles produced for U.S. consumption take 1.5 million barrels of oil per year, according to a 2007 resolution passed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. That much energy could power 250,000 homes or fuel 100,000 cars for a year, according to the resolution.
Cornell University professor and environmentalist Doug James said the irony of bottled water is that it's marketed as clean and healthy when its production contributes to unnecessary environmental degradation.
"Fiji water, for example," he said. "A one-liter bottle is taken out of the aquifer of this little island, and shipped all the way across the world, producing like half a pound of greenhouse gases so you can have this one-liter bottle of water."
The taste question
Another obvious issue in the consumption of bottled water is taste.
In some areas, tap water simply isn't drinkable, Brown said, and in those situations, bottled water is a useful resource.
Other consumers simply prefer the taste of bottled water, Lauria said.
"Consumers have lots of preferences and some people want mineral water for taste," he said. "Everyone has their own reasons for buying products. And some people have a preference for bottled water."
But, Brown argues, perceptions about the taste of tap water and realities about the taste of tap water can be very different things.
To test her hypothesis that tap water tastes as least as good as bottled water, Brown has been conducting a series of taste tests at Ithaca College in the past year.
In five blind taste tests over the last year, the tap water has won four times, she said.
The growth in advertising and consumption of bottled water has occurred "frankly, since the big soda companies bought up water," she said. "They would buy up the Dasanis, and they would buy up the Poland Springs, and you get into the huge marketing machines of the major soda industries, Coke and Pepsi, notably, and they take it to a whole different field."
Water and waste
Then there's the waste stream.
In roughly the last 10 years, the amount of polyethylene terephthalate plastic bottles being recycled increased from about 775 million pounds in 1995 to about 1,170 million in 2005, according to the Container Recycling Institute.
But during the same time period, the amount of PET bottles going into landfills skyrocketed from 1,175 million to 3,900 million pounds.
Water bottles are a big part of that problem, Brown says, because there are so many more of them, and because in many states, water bottles don't have a redemption value like soda and beer bottles do.
Lauria said the focus on water bottles is unfair because they make up "less than one-third of one percent" of the entire U.S. waste stream.
"There are many other plastic objects that are in our lives that no one seems to be concerned about and yet it all needs to be recycled," he said. "As you recycle bottled water you should also recycle many other products that are in your refrigerator when you're done with them."
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1.4 billion people worldwide are without potable water, while FIJI water is taken and transported around the world for profit at great environmental cost as women and girls in Africa risk their lives to walk up to nine hours a day to collect only enough jugs of polluted water to last one day for a family of four to six people.There is no moral justice to that at all. And while yes, it is very good to cut as much plastic waste in bottles, bags, etc. as you can, water bottles are targeted because they are an unnecessary waste and because study after study has shown that bottled water is no better than tap water in many cases. Corporations also wish to commoditize and privitize water which is a human right to make it a product on the open market like oil. This is simply something we must not allow to happen especially in wake of the climate crisis that is causing water scarcity and food shortages. Plastic water bottles produced for U.S. consumption take 1.5 million barrels of oil per year, according to a 2007 resolution passed by... more -
Tell bottled water corporations to come clean
In the face of a growing global water crisis, corporations are turning water into a profit-driven commodity. Nowhere is the corporate water-grab more insidious than the exploding corporate control of our drinking water.
Bottled water corporations use clever marketing and misleading advertising that makes people doubt the safety and quality of their own tap water. In reality, bottled water is less regulated than public water systems, and studies reveal that bottled water can actually contain harmful bacteria and other contaminants. Public water systems are required to disclose the source and quality of their water and are accountable to the public. Often, water bottlers are not.
Furthermore, the corporations threaten local control of water supplies in communities across the U.S. and around the world when they aggressively build bottled water plants over community protest.
Tell corporations to come clean about bottled water. Ask Coke, Nestlé and Pepsi to:
Reveal the sources and sites of the water used for bottling;
Publicly report breaches in bottled water quality comparable to reports by public water systems; and
Stop threatening local control of water when siting and operating bottled water plants.
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There is a link at the link provided to send your letter to call on corporations that bottle water to come clean about their practices. Please help bring accountabilty to an industry exploiting a human right for profit. Thank you! In the face of a growing global water crisis, corporations are turning water into a profit-driven commodity. Nowhere is the corporate ... more -
Guy claims he lost interest in sex after he found dead flies in a bottle of water
Canada's Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the case of a man who said he lost interest in sex after he found two dead flies in an unopened bottle of drinking water.
Waddah Mustapha sued the bottling company, saying he had suffered psychological damage, including depression, phobia, anxiety and damage to his sex life after the unpleasant 2001 discovery.
He won C$340,000 ($343,000) in damages in a lower court, but the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that he had not proved his case.
"Mr Mustapha must show that it was foreseeable that a person of ordinary fortitude would suffer serious injuries from seeing the flies in the bottle of water he was about to install. This he failed to do," the court said.
Mustapha said he vomited after finding the fly and now found it hard to shower. He also said he was afflicted by visions of flies walking over feces.
Mustapha will lose the award and must pay the costs of the case. Canada's Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the case of a man who said he lost interest in sex after he found two dead flies in ... more -
dont drink bottled water
i have heard that some bottled water companies were busted for using regular tap water.but with this information it seems more may be doing it and those who arent may not be using the cleanest water after all.i mean if millions of dollars are at stake and they are really being regulated....do you think they dont? i have heard that some bottled water companies were busted for using regular tap water.but with this information it seems more may be... more
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Environmental Visions Film Competition at AFI Dallas International Film Festival
We hear from festival CEO/Artistic Director Michael Cain and three film makers in this clip. The festival partnered with Current Energy to fund the competion's $10,000 prize. The films offer education on the environment and our place in it. How what we consume affects the environment. They show the caused by the exploitation of water, coal and other resources. The information in these films will change your perspective and make you think as you consume...
These documentaries show how we're destroying our environment...and how we can make it better. Four films were in the competition. The prize went to "Field of Fuel" by Josh Tickell. "Fields of Fuel" offers a hope filled plan on how to change US oil use and an insightful look at the oil industry.
"Burning the Future: Coal in America", by David Novack. Novack shows us the impact of coal in the US and reminds us that consumers, not industry account for the majority of coal consumption for electricity generation.
In "Flow: For Love of Water", Irena Salina examines the global water supply from the environmental perspective as while considering the impact of big business and human rights issues.
"Up the Yangtze", by Yung Chang examines the impact of the massive Three Gorges Dam on the Yantze River in China. He follows two young subjects and documents how the construction affected their lives. We hear from festival CEO/Artistic Director Michael Cain and three film makers in this clip. The festival partnered with Current Ener... more
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