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Fiji water is the biggest supplier of bottled water in the United States.Listen or download an ABC-Radio National interview with investigative journalist Anna Lezner here The Fiji brand is owned by US argi-billionaires, and has strong connections to celebrity culture and...

BBC Spends $607,000 A Year On Bottled Water

The British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, spends £406,000 ($607,000) of taxpayers' money on water every year, according to the british newspaper the Guardian. BBC released the information as a response to a freedom of information request. The money is used to buy large...

University of Winnipeg bans bottled water sales

The University of Winnipeg has become the first in Canada to ban the sale of bottled water on their campus, after a student vote was 3:1 in favour. The annual sales were about 35,000 bottles, and while this will...

Would You Quit Drinking Bottled Water?

" photo credit: Hambo One of my pet peeves is my wife buying bottled water, even though we live in one of the more pristine areas of the world. Vancouver is planning on launching a marketing campaign aimed at getting more people to turn on the tap when they’re...

London, Ont., to ban bottled water

Ignoring the shrill protests of the "beverage industry," councillors in London, Ontario, on Monday voted to ban the sale of bottled water on city property. "City councillors in London, Ont., have voted to ban the...

EDF France buys for $22bn British energy, how Brits see french nuclear security

After all the nuclear incidents, do the British still feel well, their nuclear industry being controlled by French lazy eDF? Still the own accidents in mind Sheffield....Many public comments in British newspapers...

Bottled water debate hits a boiling point

Bottled water & saftey of tap water has triggered off a debate in the US after Mayors conference raised its objection and wanted bottled water completly phased out. " A debate over water is boiling over...

O.C.D. In The D.N.C.? :: MAXINE

" Platters a plenty … as long as they are biodegradable, organic, locally grown, and have all the right and approved colors. Image Credit: sandwichmart.com O.C.D. In The D.N.C.?The fanatic level of control...

St. John's city hall proposes bottled water ban

Bottled-water bans are starting to pick up some momentum in Canada. Check out yesterday's NowPublic coverage of a bottle ban in a B.C. school district. "Workers at St. John's city hall may soon be drinking...

Nestle Greenwash Alert

fashionably thinner is right - the operative word being fashionable. if you want to save the planet, this bottle isn't the answer. responsible drinking water comes out of the tap. nice try though.

Bottled Water Causes Wrinkles, Makes you look Old!

Bottled Water Causes Wrinkles and Makes you Look Old! So you want to be hydrated to look young?  Drinking bottled water all day can cause wrinkles around you lips and sourounding areas more than if you were a...

Chicago Taxes Bottled Water

Will this reduce the bottled water consumed in the Windy City? Will other cities follow suit?"As the New Year begins, Chicagoans are getting some direct encouragement to forgo buying disposable bottled water and...

Fidel Castro Dies Again!

There are rumors in Miami of Fidel Castro having died.  I first heard this from my mom who was with a client.  Her client's cell phone rang and it was the client's sister who works in the U.S....

This is tap water

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc. will spell out that its Aquafina bottled water is made with tap water, a concession to the growing environmental and political opposition to the bottled water industry."

Anatomy of an Everest Summit Bid: Unforeseen Incidents, Varying Weather and J...

With the popular press these days loving to insinuate that climbing Everest in the 21st Century is about as difficult as, say, shoveling your driveway, I thought I would share this excellent narrative by my friend...
 

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