Says Diane Francis on Alternet.
Bottled water is a joke, one of the biggest consumer and taxpayer ripoffs ever. I applaud California’s Attorney General Jerry Brown who said recently that he will sue to block a proposed water-bottling operation in Northern California by Nestle.
Next, Attorneys General everywhere should require recycling of all plastic bottles and containers by requiring deposits to be paid to encourage returns, as is the case with aluminum cans. Not only do society and the environment pay an unfair price for this consumer hoax, but consumers are being hoodwinked. They are paying from 300 to 3,000 times more than the cost of tap water without any benefit.
But, we dont agree with her comment about flouridation. Poor diet causes tooth decay, and flouride does not prevent it. That is another scam by big companies, who had a problem, ‘what do we do with this highly toxic by-product of many industries?’ ‘oh, we’ll convince dentists, or even pay some to agree with us, that flouride in the water would be a good thing!’
Problem gone. What was once a dangerously toxic waste that cost for disposal, is now a beneficial resource, that can be sold…. amazing.
