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Water on the brain.(THE FINAL WORD)(Bottled drinking water)

Publication: Regulation
Publication Date: 22-DEC-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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We're not supposed to drink bottled water anymore. You know the eco-geniuses behind low-flush toilets and reusable air-sickness-bags? Well, now they've decided that we're more likely to overuse the Earth's store of potable water when we fork over $2 for it in a bottle than when it flows (and...

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...freely free) from the tap. Hey, no one said environmentalists were good at econ.

But there's more. If we drink bottled water, we'll also pollute the environment with plastic and--according to the Women's International League of Peace and Freedom--encourage privatization that causes water wars. And by water wars, I think they mean actual armed conflict rather than bad Kevin Costner movies, though I'll admit...

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