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Article: Is bottled water any purer than tap water? Probably not
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- CCPA Monitor
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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CopyrightCopyright Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Apr 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Inside the Bottle: An Exposé of the Bottle Water Industry has been written to stimulate public discussion and debate about bottled water issues. We have identified ten of the most frequently raised concerns about the production and sale of bottled water today. These issues are examined in detail in the book.
1. Price Gouging: What kind of price mark-ups do we find in the bottled water market?
Single serving bottles of water range in price from $1.00 to $1.75 U.S. By contrast, the same amount of tap water costs a fraction of this price. The U.S. Natural Resources Defense Council has estimated that bottled water is between 240 and 10,000 times more expensive than tap water. For Coca-Cola or ...