Bottled and sold : the story behind our obsession with bottled water /
By: Gleick, Peter H.
Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2010Description: xiii, 211 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781597265287 (cloth : acidfree paper); 9781597265287; 1597265284 (cloth : acid-free paper).Subject(s): Water | Bottled waterDDC classification: 663.61Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-202) and index.
The war on tap water -- Fear of the tap -- Selling unwholesome provisions -- If it's called "Arctic spring," why is it from Florida? -- The cachet of spring water -- The taste of water -- The hidden cost of convenience -- Selling bottled water: the modern medicine show -- Drinking bottled water: sin or salvation? -- Revolt: the growing campaign against bottled water -- Green water? The effort to produce ethical bottled water -- The future of water.