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Bottlemania : how water went on sale and why we bought it / Elizabeth Royte. by Royte, Elizabeth. Bloomsbury, c2008. Call #: 338.4766361 R892b Subjects Bottled water industry -- Social aspects.   Bottled water -- Social aspects. URL856 Contributor biographical information URL856 Publisher description ISBN:  9781596913714 9781596913721 (pbk.) Alternate title:  Bottlemania : big business, local springs, and the battle over America's drinking water Edition:  1st U.S. ed. Description:  248 p. ; 22 cm. Notes:  2009 paperback edition has the following subtitle: Big business, local springs, and the battle over America's drinking water. Contents:  Ch. 1. Alarm in the Woods -- Ch. 2. All You Can Drink -- Ch. 3. Mysteries of the Deep -- Ch. 4. Cradle of the Saco -- Ch. 5. Public Trough -- Ch. 6. Aftertaste -- Ch. 7. Backlash -- Ch. 8. Town Meeting -- Ch. 9. Something to Drink? Summary:  "With sales having already surpassed those of milk and beer, and second now only to soda, bottled water is on the verge of becoming the most popular beverage in the country. Only now, with the bottled water industry trading in billions of dollars, have we begun to question the environmental and social fall out of what we're drinking." "Elizabeth Royte finds the people, machines, economies, and cultural trends that bring bottled water from nature to our supermarkets. As she visits filtration plants and natural springs, Royte lays out the issues that surround the seemingly simple matter of what we ought to drink: Who owns the water that flows underground, and is it right for corporations to profit from it? How do the manufacture, transportation, and disposal of plastic water bottles affect the environment? Is the stuff coming from our taps okay to drink? If not, what can we do to make our water safe and tasty? And while everyone acknowledges that we must protect public water supplies from pollution, what should we do about privatization?"--BOOK JACKET. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 338.476636 R89b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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