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The Bottled Water Lie

By Michael Blanding, AlterNet. Posted October 26, 2006.


The corporations that sell bottled water are depleting natural resources, jacking up prices, and lying when they tell you their water is purer and tastes better than the stuff that comes out of the tap.
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Michael Blanding is a freelance writer living in Boston. Read more of his writing at MichaelBlanding.com.

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