Water, Water Everywhere, but Guilt by the Bottleful
Alex Williams, NY Times, August 12, 2007
In the last few months, bottled water — generally considered a benign, even beneficial, product — has been increasingly portrayed as an environmental villain by city leaders, activist groups and the media. The argument centers not on water, but oil. It takes 1.5 million barrels a year just to make the plastic water bottles Americans use, according to the Earth Policy Institute in Washington, plus countless barrels to transport it from as far as Fiji and refrigerate it. The issue took a major stride into mainstream dialogue earlier this summer, after the mayors of San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis and New York began urging people to opt for tap water instead of bottled.
Read the complete story at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/fashion/12water.html?ex=1187582400&en=e0c3c5ee73d56250&ei=5070&emc=eta1
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