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  • June 2008

    • Marketing Coup: Just Add Water

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 30, 08 10:01 AM CDT

      Marketing Coup: Just Add Water

      A commodity that's widely available practically free is also on sale for thousands of times the actual cost, repackaged as a luxury item. It's transported around the country and even across the world, generating untold volumes of CO2. It's water, of course. The Washington Post looks at a marketing effort that has Americans paying top dollar for repackaged tap water—and the emerging backlash. More »

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      marketing  • water  • drinking water  • tap water  • Aquafina

  • May 2008

    • Emergency H20 Flows Into Parched Barcelona

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  May 14, 08 8:36 AM CDT

      Emergency H20 Flows Into Parched Barcelona

      Barcelona is having to ship in emergency supplies of drinking water as Spain suffers its worst drought since records began 60 years ago, the Guardian reports. The first shipment of 5 million gallons arrived yesterday and dozens more are scheduled. The city's reservoirs are down to a quarter of capacity with the summer heat weeks away. Water-starved agricultural regions nearby charge that the government denied their request for water for political reasons. More »

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      Spain  • water  • drinking water  • Barcelona  • water shortage  • water supply  • Catalonia

  • April 2008

    • Drinking Water Myths Tough to Swallow

      newser  |  NPR  |  Apr 22, 08 3:30 PM CDT

      Drinking Water Myths Tough to Swallow

      With high-end restaurants offering diners tap water and concerns about the health and environmental impact of plastic bottles at an all-time high, NPR sets the record straight about some common myths related to drinking water: Not only is drinking 8 glasses daily not necessary, "nobody really knows" where that advice originated, says one expert. Water  doesn't help the kidneys filter toxins . More »

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      list  • water  • drinking water  • healthy habits  • health tips

    • Water-Guzzling Benefits Don't Wash

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 3, 08 12:22 PM CDT

      Water-Guzzling Benefits Don't Wash

      Kidney experts looking into the alleged health benefits of drinking lots of water have found the evidence to be far from watertight, Reuters reports. Claims that increased water intake improves skin tone, flushes toxins from the body, reduces appetite, and prevents headaches have little solid research behind them, according to a study to be published in the Journal of American Phrenology . More »

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      health  • medical research  • water  • drinking water  • kidney

  • March 2008
  • October 2007

    • The Lucky Find Homes, but No Water, Power

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Oct 27, 07 6:24 AM CDT

      The Lucky Find Homes, but No Water, Power

      Thousands of Southern California residents have returned to their homes—those fortunate enough to find them standing—to find no electricity and no drinking water, with town reservoirs drained to fight fires, and air choked with smoke and ash. The threat of changing weather also looms: the hot winds that fueled the fires are predicted to return tomorrow, ending the lull that allowed firefighters to battle back the blazes. More »

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      California  • wildfires  • San Diego  • electricity  • air pollution  • California fires  • drinking water

  • August 2007

    • Chicago Puts Bottled Water Tax on Tap

      newser  |  Chicago Sun-Times  |  Aug 14, 07 4:26 PM CDT

      Chicago Puts Bottled Water Tax on Tap

      With bottled water getting bad marks from environmentalists and Chicago eager to green up its act, a city alderman has proposed a first: a 25-cent tax on bottled water. George Cardenas says that not only is all that plastic a disaster, but drinking bottled water cuts consumption of Chicago's own award-winning water, which hits the city in the pocketbook. More »

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      Chicago  • environmentalism  • taxes  • water  • plastic  • drinking water  • bottled water  • Richard Daley

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