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What's in Your Bottled Water?


Posted Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - 11:17am

Two new reports are calling for bottled water to be labeled with as much information as municipalities disclose about tap water. Meanwhile, demand for bottled water continues to shrink, thanks to the recession.

The reports, from the Government Accountability Office and the Environmental Working Group, both note that people know (or can easily find out) much more about what's in their tap water than they do about what's in their bottled water.

  • Dan Mitchell has written for The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The MInneapolis Star-Tribune and Wired.

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