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| The Water Connoisseur | July 2007
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| Time Magazine: The Making of a Water Snob
06/07/2007 So when I invited Michael Mascha, author of Fine Waters: A Connoisseur's Guide to the World's Most Distinctive Bottled Waters, to a lunch where he would pair our courses with different bottled waters, I was doing it To Catch a Predator--style. I wanted to see if the guy who helps restaurants pick their water lists would suggest a coq au Volvic. |
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| San Francisco Mayoral Ban on Bottled Water Purchases Ignores Important Facts
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has issued an Executive Directive to ban the purchase of bottled water by San Francisco City and County governments. The Mayor's order contains a number of misinformed statements. The fact is that bottled water is comprehensively regulated as a packaged food product by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the State of California, which mandates stringent standards to help ensure bottled water's consistent safety, quality and good taste. |
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| Icelandic Water Holdings Announces CarbonNeutral Certification
Icelandic Water Holdings ehf., maker of Icelandic Glacial Natural Spring Water, today announced that it has received CarbonNeutral(R) Certification from leading climate change company, The CarbonNeutral Company, making Icelandic Glacial the first super- premium bottled water distributed in the United States to be recognized for its ongoing commitment to reduce its overall carbon imprint on the environment. |
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| Bottles now Welcome at Basalt Town Hall
As a national campaign targeting the environmental impact of the bottled water industry gains steam, the Basalt town government has bucked the trend and quietly turned off its tap. Plastic water bottles were once taboo in Town Hall, but town officials resumed providing bottled water for meetings earlier this year. |
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| UAE Second Largest Consumer of Bottled Water
The UAE is the world’s second largest consumer of drinking bottled water in 2006, according to a National Geographic report. The report put Italy on the lead with 203 litres per person, followed by the UAE at 197 litres, and Mexico (191 litres) while the USA ranked tenth with 104 litres. |
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