Video debunks claims made by anti bottled water crowd. And, check out the historical photos of Mountain Valley Spring Water delivery trucks towards the end of the video.

Residents in the Boston area are reconsidering an unprecedented Bottled Water Ban after a water main ruptured and cut the supply of potable water to around 2 million people. This occured just 48 hours after residents voted to ban bottled water in an attempt to reduce plastic waste.

The new law will still take effect in January, but residents are second guessing the decision made by the 300 or so people at the town meeting that cated the vote affecting so many other people.

Read more about the Concord bottled water ban here at boston.com.

If this was a bottled water company instead of a public utility, the letter would make the front page of papers across the country!

Apparently 3 x the permissible EPA level of radon in the water is a "negligible risk" and the water is "safe to drink." I am not aware of a point of use filter that's going to take out radium so the Environmental Working Group, the National Resources Defense Council and Corporate Accountability International are going to have to come up with a different solution for those folks seeking to avoid the use of "environmentally irresponsible bottled water."

The FDA has zero tolerance for this type of stuff from bottled water companies. Tap water is regulated to a higher degree than bottled water?! Give me a break...

Click here to view this document in PDF.

Gary Davidson of Bellingham makes a great point in his letter to the Seattle Times editor in response to Gov. Chris Gregoire's proposal to tax bottled water.

Gary writes, "There is nothing more important to the human body than water intake. Many people are not around a faucet 24 hours a day and bottled water is a way of keeping all of us out of medical facilities and keeping healthy on a daily basis. Nursing homes pass out bottled water on day trips. Ever gone on a walk without bottled water to help with dehydration?

"The best way of catching up with your daily intake is to have that bottled water available while in the car and eating a snack during lunch break. And what about those who send their children to school and put water in their lunchbox? Or those who just drink bottled water due to bad well water?

"The fact is, it will make it too expensive for many budgets with the penny-an-ounce tax."

We need more letters like this.

This is an editorial published in St. Thomas University's student newspaper. I think these folks have nailed it!

By Greg Rodger & Mitch Messom - The Aquinian

The newest eco-fad to hit campus is the crusade against bottle water. Organizations and community groups (we use community loosely) such as the Council of Canadians, Students for Sustainability and NB Media Coop, among others, are more than ready to battle the real and imaginary problems with bottled water. These groups argue that bottled water is a threat to the environment and human rights but they are not justified in these beliefs.

Read the entire article here on The Aquian.