kristen | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 18 2008 | news, environment, economy
Mmm ... tap water.
Quoted: Tap water is making a comeback. With a day's worth of bottled water costing hundreds to thousands of dollars a year, more people are opting to slurp water that comes from the sink.
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The lousy economy may be accomplishing what environmentalists have been trying to do for years — wean people off the disposable plastic bottles of water that were sold as stylish, portable, healthier and safer than water from the tap.
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