Bottled Water

6 Ways To Survive The Sparkling Water Trend

Anna Brones | Posted 01.06.2012 | Food

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It's time for a change, and change this year is going to start with your sparkling water cellar. Isn't that refreshing? At the very least, it will add some effervescence to your everyday routine.

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More Than a Desperate Housewife, Eva Longoria Talks Activism

Avital Binshtock | Posted 12.21.2011 | Green

Read More: Clean Alternative Energy Program, Children, Epa, Beso, Agriculture, Green, The Harvest, Shine Global, Producer, Seasonal, Recycling, Regulations, Farms, Volunteer, Eva Longoria, Al Gore, Farmworkers, Dropouts, Poverty, Local, Gabrielle Solis, Pizza Fusion, Film, United Farm Workers, School, Greenville Project, Sustainable, Chefs, Las Vegas, Developers, Food, Construction, Fields, Health. Education, Pesticides, Eco, Immigrants, Retail, Hormones, Organic, Commercial Real Estate, Desperate Housewives, Inconvenient Truth, Philanthropy, Hybrids, Activism, Bill Clinton, Abc, Oregon, Toxic, Felicity Huffman, CARE Act, Laborers, Los Angeles, Gym, Portland, Fame, La Cosecha, Marcia Cross, Restaurants, Environment, Documentary, Ingredients, Ranch, Prop 87, Bottled Water, Hollywood, Green News

Eva Longoria, who plays the self-involved Gabrielle Solis on ABC's Desperate Housewives, takes on extracurricular projects that set her far apart from her shallow onscreen persona.

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Court Says Bottled Water Can Be Called Organic

Posted 12.05.2011 | Food

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Many bottled water producers make silly health claims for their products. There's Smart Water, which claims to improve brain function despite being no...

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PHOTOS: Women Struggling To Drink Water

The Hairpin | Posted 01.03.2012 | Food

Read More: Women, Water, Women Struggling to Drink Water, Bottled Water, Struggling to Drink Water, Food News

Previously: Women Laughing Alone With Salad....

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I'll Take My Water Un-leaded

Sloan Barnett | Posted 12.14.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Healthier Greener Homes, Healthy Living Body, Contaminants in Water, Lead in Tap Water, Bottled Water, Tap Water, Cleaner and Greener, Healthy Living News

Most of us, thank goodness, don't get sick right away when we drink tap water. But it's the long-term effects of very small amounts of contaminants that are troubling.

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Why Spend Public Money for Private Bottled Water?

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 12.06.2011 | Green

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There is a growing movement of universities, restaurants, municipalities, and even states to stop buying bottled water, especially when tap water is available. The latest battleground state is Maryland.

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Something in the Water (Does Not Compute)

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff | Posted 11.27.2011 | Green

Read More: Fracking, Water, Clean Water Act, Safe Water, Alexandra Cousteau, Drinking Water, Pollution, Bottled Water, Tap Water, Bottled Water Safety, Tap Water Safet, Green News

Bottled water costs very little to produce, yet very much to consume: An individual's five-year supply of bottled water can cost more than $1,000, versus $1.65 if she drank from the tap.

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Would You Drink Water That Looks Like An Oil Spill?

Posted 11.23.2011 | Food

Read More: Blk Water, Blk Beverages, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Water, Black Water, Bottled Water, Food News

Don't worry, this black water (not Blackwater) isn't actually sludge -- it's just water enhanced with humic and fulvic acid (biodegration of dead orga...

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Why Minorities Reach for Bottled Water Over Tap

Forbes.com | Posted 10.11.2011 | Latino Voices

Read More: Latinos, Poland Spring Water Bottle, Marketing, Oleada, Hispanics, Dasani, Minorities Bottled Water, Bottled Water, Latino Voices News

Research has shown that minorities consume bottled water more often than white Americans, and spend a greater proportion of their income (about 1%, co...

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Purified Bottled Water Is Not Tap Water, Industry Argues

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 08.23.2011 | Green

Read More: Fda, Municipal Waste, Tap Water, Epa, Bottled Water, Video, Green News

The International Bottled Water Association on Wednesday took on what it described as a "a myth repeated by some anti-bottled water activists that bot...

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Would You Pay $5 For A Glass Of Water?

Posted 08.21.2011 | Food

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Would you pay five dollars for a glass of water if the water came from a $6000 Italian-made system that filtrates, chills and carbonates tap water? If...

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Another Cost of Bottled Water: Environmental Injustice and Inequity

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 08.09.2011 | Green

Read More: Pacific Institute, California Nitrates, Bottled Water Industry, Environmental Justice, Bottled Water, Green News

There is new and growing evidence that the failure to provide safe drinking water, or the fear (or reality) of contamination in tap water that forces people to buy bottled water, imposes special financial burdens on poor and minority communities.

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Sustainability Isn't a Four-Letter Word -- It's a Fourteen Letter Word

Brandon Boyd | Posted 06.13.2011 | Green

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The word 'Sustainability' is quite evocative isn't it? Not so much so as words like, 'Murder', 'Socialist', 'Sex' or 'Religion'. But what it shares with these other rabble rousing terms is that it evokes something different in each person the word is fired at.

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Anxiety In Japan About Radiation In Tap Water

AP | By SHINO YUASA and TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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TOKYO -- Shops across Tokyo began rationing goods – milk, toilet paper, rice and water – as a run on bottled water coupled with delivery disruptio...

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Five Products Facing Consumer Backlash

Wallet Pop | Ian N. Nguyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Consumer Products, Fluoride, Consumer Backlash, Business News, Low Fat Foods, Bottled Water, Plastic Bags, Hummers, Business News

Consumer history is littered with products, gadgets and items that consumers love to love, only to later hate them. Remember margarine, the Atkins Die...

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Hydros Bottle Is Gift Of 2010

Saul Garlick | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

Read More: Global Water Crisis, Plastic Bottles, Water, Bottled Water, Christmas Shopping, Christmas, Christmas Gifts, Hydros, Impact News

Hydros is more than a company -- it is an investor in solving the global water crisis. We should all take the extra step and buy bottles that provide an extra layer of safety and health.

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Seattle University Bans Bottled Water

mynorthwest.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

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Some schools have banned junk food or soda, but one local university says no to bottled water. The only place you'll find water on the Seattle Univ...

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Cleaning House the Old-Fashioned Way

Michael McGown | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Sustainability, Water Conservation, Green Living, Landfills, Green Cleaning Products, Green Products, Bottled Water, Green News

There are great cleaning products available today that don't need any more water than what is available from your own tap.

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Think Outside the Bottle

Nathan Havey | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

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This blog was originally posted at TheSocioCapitalist. My dad has always wondered about bottled water. He jokes that if he went to a bottled water f...

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Fiji Water Backtracks, Will Remain In Fiji

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Food

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SUVA, Fiji — Fiji Water reopened its operations in the South Pacific nation of Fiji on Wednesday – just two days after closing its bottlin...

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Fiji Water: When Environment, Politics, and Economics Collide Over Bottled Water

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

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This week, Fiji Water threatened to close their water bottling plant in Fiji -- not because they object to the country's military regime, but because the government announced that they intend to increase the business tax on bottled water.

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Fiji Water Shuts Down Fiji Operation

AP | PITA LIGAIULA | Posted 05.25.2011 | Food

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SUVA, Fiji — The Fiji government has charged the California-based Fiji Water company with making untrue statements about instability in the Sout...

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9 Top Ways We Waste Money 2010

Wallet Pop | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Coffee, Energy Drinks, Birthday Parties, Cigarettes, Money Waster, Oil Change, Lunch, Brand Name, Gas, Money to Burn, Bottled Water, Waste of Money, Business News

It's been a rough few years. Unemployment woes, foreclosure fears and economic uncertainty rule the headlines. It's a time where being frugal has beco...

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The Top 9 Ways We Waste Money 2010

Wallet Pop | Vickie Passmore | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Energy Drinks, Wasting Money, Ciggarettes, Eating Out, Money, Economy, Saving Money, Coffee, Savings, Recession, Bottled Water, Business News

It's been a rough few years. Unemployment woes, foreclosure fears and economic uncertainty rule the headlines. It's a time where being frugal has beco...

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BANNED: 10 Items You Can't Bring To Campus

Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Read More: Banned Items, Four Loko, College News, Bottled Water, Items Banned From College Campuses, Slidepollajax, Weird Banned Items, College News

It seems like every time you turn around something new has been banned from a college campus (lest we forget elementary and high schools). While some ...

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