In a new book, scientist Peter Gleick says the bottled-water industry's exploiting us. Reasons to say no to plastic:
IT'S EXPENSIVE
Bottled water is thousands of times more costly than tap.
IT'S FALSELY ADVERTISED
Snow-capped mountains may be on the label, but the water comes from a public water system 40 percent of the time.
THERE'S NO INDICATION IT'S SAFER
We assume bottled's better because we pay for it, but tap water is monitored much more frequently.
IT'S BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Millions of plastic bottles don't get recycled-they're in landfills forever.
TWO WORDS: DRINKING FOUNTAINS
They're disappearing because of bottled water. They should be everywhere.
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