Bottled Water

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Bottled water is drinking water packaged in bottles for individual consumption and retail sale.

The U.S. is the largest consumer market for bottled water in the world, followed by Mexico, China, and Brazil. In 2008, U.S. bottled water sales topped 8.6 billion gallons for 28.9% of the U.S. liquid refreshment beverage market, exceeding sales of all … see full wiki

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review by drifter51. June 12, 2009

posted in Green Living

It may be time to re-evaluate how we use bottled water.

When I was growing up the idea that one day most of us would pay for bottled water at the supermarket seemed positively preposterous. Yet, as I write this in 2009 it is estimated that consumers worldwide spend between $50 and $100 billion dollars per year on the stuff. I have always been skeptical about the claims that the bottlers make about the quality of the water that they are peddling and rarely buy it. Recently, I decided to take a closer look at this … more

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Quick Tip by BaronSamedi3. May 28, 2011

posted in Green Living

A Quick Tip by BaronSamedi3

Another one of those great corporate tricks used on naive suburbanites to make them believe they're living healthier. Really, in this country we have access to the very best, cleanest tap water on the planet, and we've managed to trick ourselves into thinking we're doing ourselves good by paying three bucks a bottle. This isn't a healthy choice; it's a middle-class status symbol which, FYI, is produced in factories.

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