Best and worst bottled water brands by Shine

http://shine.yahoo.com/event/green/best-and-worst-bottled-water-brands-2436818/ By Lori Bongiorno (Photo: B2M Productions / Getty Images)  How much do you know about the bottled water you drink? Not nearly enough, according to a new report released today from Environmental Working Group(EWG). “Bottled water companies try hard to hide information you might find troubling,” says Jane Houlihan, senior vice president of research for [...]

What’s In Your Bottled Water – Besides Water? 2011 Bottled Water Scorecard | Environmental Working Group

published by 2011 Bottled Water Scorecard | Environmental Working Group. Please visit the site to download the complete report and check your bottled water brand. Pure, clean water. That’s what the ads say. But what does the lab say? When you shell out for bottled water, which costs up to 1,900 times more than tap water, [...]

The Business of Bottled Water: An “Obsession” with a Price

The Business of Bottled Water: An “Obsession” with a Price. Books: Peter Gleick Answers Questions About His New Book, Bottled and Sold By Eliza Barclay for National Geographic News Published June 14, 2010 This story is part of a special series that explores the global water crisis. For more visit National Geographic’s Freshwater website. Everyone [...]

The Story of Bottled Water

The Story of Bottled Water by Madeline Ostrander, senior editor of YES! Magazine. Worried about what’s in your tap? That’s exactly what the water bottling industry hoped when it developed brands like Dasani, Perrier, and Poland Springs, which promise to be “natural,” “pure,” “clean,” even “sexy” alternatives to tap water. But the very companies that market those [...]

10 drinking water scams exposed

The following information was provided by Pete Van Cleave, Water for Life http://www.waterforlifeonline.com/ Everybody is susceptible to being scammed, simply because they want to believe! Nowhere is this more obvious than in the drinking water business. Politics spawns a lot of lies in the water business since the government is responsible for making tap water. [...]

Refill, NOT Landfill!

Source: Pete van Cleve, Water for Life Save Money, Save Plastic, Save the Planet…Refill Not Landfill!  Plastic ½ liter Bottles versus buying a Kinetico K5 Drinking Water Station from Water for Life.   24 plastic ½ liter bottles = 3.17 Gal. @ $5.00 = $1.58 per gallon x 500 Gal. = $790 x 10 = $7900.  [...]

Think outside the bottle!

Join me and break the bottled water habit! Getting rid of bottled water is a win-win! You save money and water and help lessen the amount of plastic in landfills! You can now even win a trip to Glacier National Park. Please learn more about the campain here  http://water.newdream.org/campaigns/water/register/78023085e295e74b21a82b2bb7894a34/  Break the Bottled Water Habit, Win a Prize and Cut [...]

Water is LIFE

    A few months ago, on World Water Day, I saw Stephen Colbert’s show dedicated to Water. Colbert Report, March 20, 2008 Regardless of the opinion you may have of him as a comedian or on his political views, he made some very valid points and had some very interesting interviews. Please visit Water [...]