What’s Stupid about Bottled Water?

by Angela Logomasini on January 30, 2009 · 1 comment

Politicians, greens, and other alleged do-gooders keep saying that if you like bottled water, you must be stupid maybe even reckless! Chicago has even imposed a bottled water “sin tax,” and other cities are banning it from government agencies. According to bloggers Tree Hugger, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Corporate Accountability Interntational, the U.S. Conference of Mayors and others, consumer choice and private ownership of water is somehow evil! But who do local governments turn to in an emergency? Bottled water companies, who provide lots of water when its needed! See CEI’s latest video on the topic, and don’t forget to sign our petition to support consumer freedom and fight the Nanny State.

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TC/StopNestleWaters. January 31, 2009 at 10:07 am: Another red herring from the writer of enjoybottledwater.org (paid-for writer?).
Ask anyone of the rural town people who have suffered at the hands of Nestle Waters of North America's predatory business tactics. In Fryeburg, Maine, one your bottled water companies (Poland Spring, a division of Nestle) is well into its fifth lawsuit – it's trying to force a 24/7 truck loading station into a residential area, and doing so against the town's wishes.
In Mecosta County (MI), Nestle fought to maintain pumping that was damaging a watershed, relenting only under threat of an injunction. Rather than lose another lawsuit about the damage, Nestle challenged the right of the citizens to bring the suit in the first place. Nice tactic, eh?
Ms. Logomasini, your characterizations of opponents are off base and frankly, little more than humorous. Try to deal with these issues at a factual level, and perhaps you'll be doing something besides shouting at the top of your lungs in an empty room.