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INSIDE THE BOTTLE

Inside the Bottle is a Polaris Institute project designed to stimulate citizen awareness about the bottled water industry. This site has begun to map the bottle water locations of the industry's Big 4 corporate players. Citizens are invited to contribute to this map by investigating and reporting how the industry operates within your community.

This site also hosts news, publications & resources for those interested in furthering public discussion about bottled water issues.

Current News

Canada: Do we need to bottle drinking water?

Posted: July 4, 2008 Section: Community & Labour Action North Shore News. By Kian Khoshnevis -
Bottled water may vanish from West Vancouver schools in the near future if administrators choose to...
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Canada: Think outside the bottle

Posted: July 4, 2008 Section: Global Campaigns News Calgary Herald. By Emma Gilchrist -
As the hot season gets into full swing, we find out how much bottled water costs you -- and the...
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Fiji: Firms stop work over export duty

Posted: July 4, 2008 Section: Legislative Action The Fiji Times.
ABOUT 720 workers will be affected after the bottled water industry ceased production because of a new tax structure. The...
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Fiji: Bottled water debate continues

Posted: July 3, 2008 Section: Global Campaigns News The Fiji Times Online.
A debate over water is boiling over in the United States and elsewhere amid growing environmental concerns about...
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Canada: Bottled water may come at a hefty price

Posted: July 2, 2008 Section: Community & Labour Action Winnipeg Sun. By Vivian Song -
Residents worry about wells running dry as companies pump millions of litres
GUELPH, Ont. — Don...
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US: Drinking water tests find no real differences

Posted: July 2, 2008 Section: Student Action DailyFreeman.com. By Kyle Wind -
NEW PALTZ - As Professor Shafiul Chowdhury leaned down to take a sip of water from a campus fountain soon...
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US: What's Colorless and Tasteless And Smells Like . . . Money?

Posted: July 2, 2008 Section: Global Campaigns News The Washington Post. By Shankar Vedantam -
In Tokyo and Paris, you can now spend $5 a glass on special beverages selected by a professional...
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US: Bottled water debate hits a boiling point

Posted: July 2, 2008 Section: Community & Labour Action Associated Press.
WASHINGTON (AFP) — A debate over water is boiling over in the United States and elsewhere amid growing environmental...
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US: Des Moines mayor: tap water as good as bottled

Posted: July 2, 2008 Section: Community & Labour Action Associated Press.
DES MOINES, Iowa - The city's mayor wants to drain the city's bottled water supply. Mayor Frank Cownie says he will...
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US: Bottled Water Jobs Low-Paying, Dangerous:

Posted: June 26, 2008 Section: Global Campaigns News Common Dreams NewsWire. Food and Water Watch -
Food & Water Watch Analysis Cracks Corporate Spin as Nestle Announces Plans to Take More Water...
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Canada: Bottle or tap? Income, education influence choices: StatsCan

Posted: June 26, 2008 Section: Global Campaigns News CBC News.
Higher education linked to tap water preference
Almost 30 per cent of households chose bottled water as their main drinking...
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Canada: Bottled water has Canadians turning away from the tap

Posted: June 26, 2008 Section: Global Campaigns News Canwest News Service. By Tobin Dalrymple -
Even as health and environmental concerns about plastic bottles continue to flow across the...
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Canada: Bottled water verboten at St. John's city hall

Posted: June 25, 2008 Section: Community & Labour Action CBC News.
A motion to ban bottled water at St. John's city hall flowed easily through a council meeting Tuesday evening. Councillors...
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US: Nestle recalls Pure Life water

Posted: June 25, 2008 Section: Global Campaigns News just-drinks.com editorial team.
Nestle Waters has recalled its one-gallon Nestle Pure Life purified drinking water as a result of possible...
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Canada: SD42 considers banning plastic bottles of water

Posted: June 25, 2008 Section: Community & Labour Action The Times; with files from Canwest News.
The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows school district is considering banning the sale of water in plastic...
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