Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It
I had wanted to read this book by Elizabeth Royte after reading the NYtimes review. Unfortunately, it sounded a lot more fascinating in the review, and it took me a while to get through the slow bits in the middle. There were several interesting chapters about the quality of tap water versus bottled water and the backlash against bottled water.
The world has to decide whether it is a basic human right to have access to clean, fresh water, or if it costs too much to provide it for everyone. In third world countries that we have visited, tap water is frequently not potable and we have to resort to drinking bottled water and avoiding all raw food and ice. But what about those people who can't afford bottled water? Do they just have to run the risk of water-borne diseases?
