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Main Title Bottlemania : how water went on sale and why we bought it /
Author Royte, Elizabeth.
Publisher Bloomsbury,
Year Published 2008
OCLC Number 179789550
ISBN 9781596913714; 1596913711
Subjects Bottled water industry--Social aspects ; Bottled water--Social aspects ; Mineralvatten--framställning, tillverkning, etc
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Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0807/2007052067-d.html
Book review (H-Net) http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=24460
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EIAM  HD9349.M542R69 2008 Region 2 Library/New York,NY 01/18/2010
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
Collation 248 pages ; 22 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-242) and index.
Contents Notes
An alarm in the woods -- Hydrate or die -- Testing the waters -- The cradle of the Saco -- The public trough -- Aftertaste -- Backlash -- Town meeting -- Something to drink. An investigation into the commercialization of drinking water traces the process through which companies acquire, bottle, and market water, in an account that addresses such issues as the risks of water-decontaminating practices.