Thursday, July 25

 
Is Bottled Water Better Than Tap?

Okay, I do feel a little doofus-like whenever I buy a bottle of water from a vending machine, a convenience store or the supermarket. Buying water?? What next, buying air? (Oh, yeah. We do that already. Oxygen bars. Not me, though; I draw the line there.) This story from the Baltimore Sun casts an earnest if slightly jaundiced eye at the practice, examining it from various viewpoints: nutrition (beware extra carbs and calories in flavored waters), economics (It can be pricey!) and environment (added pollution caused by trucking water from source to plant to store). And, of course, the snob value: Some restaurants are adding "water sommeliers" to help diners navigate their way through all the varieties. Get me a Coke!
posted by Unknown 10:43 AM