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In Fiji, as in Fryeburg, nothing’s simple.
Elizabeth Royte • Bottlemania: Big Business, Local Springs, and the Battle over America's Drinking Water
soda, of which Americans drink more than fifty gallons per person a year.
Elizabeth Royte • Bottlemania: Big Business, Local Springs, and the Battle over America's Drinking Water
Nationwide, we discard thirty to forty billion of these containers a year.
Elizabeth Royte • Bottlemania: Big Business, Local Springs, and the Battle over America's Drinking Water
Letting the water run for five minutes at the start of the day flushes lead,
Elizabeth Royte • Bottlemania: Big Business, Local Springs, and the Battle over America's Drinking Water
Federal law requires the EPA to prove that the cost of removing a contaminant doesn’t exceed its benefits (deaths averted, that is, with a human life valued at $6.1 million).
Elizabeth Royte • Bottlemania: Big Business, Local Springs, and the Battle over America's Drinking Water
Purified water,” of course, starts from the tap, so it’s already assumed to have met EPA standards.)
Elizabeth Royte • Bottlemania: Big Business, Local Springs, and the Battle over America's Drinking Water
But refusing Dasani in Des Plaines, I’m pretty sure, isn’t going to help a thirsty Indian any more than cleaning your plate will help a starving African.