Tell Corporations to Come Clean about Bottled Water

In the face of a growing global water crisis, corporations are turning water into a profit-driven commodity. Nowhere is the corporate water-grab more insidious than the exploding corporate control of our drinking water.

Bottled water corporations use clever marketing and misleading advertising that makes people doubt the safety and quality of their own tap water. In reality, bottled water is less regulated than public water systems, and studies reveal that bottled water can actually contain harmful bacteria and other contaminants. Public water systems are required to disclose the source and quality of their water and are accountable to the public. Often, water bottlers are not.

Furthermore, the corporations threaten local control of water supplies in communities across the U.S. and around the world when they aggressively build bottled water plants over community protest.

Tell corporations to come clean about bottled water. Demand that Coke, Nestlé and Pepsi reveal the sources and sites of the water used for bottling; publicly report breaches in bottled water quality comparable to reports by public water systems; and, stop threatening local control of water when siting and operating bottled water plants.

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