The Truth About Bottled Water

(Video) The craze of bottled water is a national obsession but tap water is usually safer for you, and often better tasting too. Using a hidden camera, Penn & Teller will take a look at the obsession. Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Subjects: World, Sci/Tech
Topics: Environment, Water
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Mar 27, 2009 - 2:07 AM PDT
Content Type: Video
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Mar 27, 2009 - 1:02 PM PDT
Fabrice Florin
3.8
by Fabrice Florin - Mar. 31, 2009

Entertaining and informative report about the quality of bottled water compared to tap water. While this video segment blurs the line between entertainment and news, the quality and depth of the factual evidence, interviews and research warrant reviewing it as a special news report.

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Dwight Rousu
4.5
by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 31, 2009

The video serves to pop the balloons inflated by the big corporate marketers of bottled water.

Pertinent parts of this footage is included on the movie FLOW (For Love Of Water). Have you ever noticed what Evian spells backwards?

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Kaizar Campwala
4.2
by Kaizar Campwala - Mar. 27, 2009
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Doug Greer
4.8
by Doug Greer - Mar. 31, 2009

One of the biggest scams of all time has been the sale of bottled water to rich countries. Penn and Teller did a great job exposing the scam.

Penn and Teller may have extreme, irrational (Libertarian) views about certain issues, like Climate Change. When they choose to critically examine a subject, no one does it in a more entertaining way.

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