Gleick, Peter H.
Bottled & sold : the story behind our obsession with bottled water / Bottled and sold : the story behind our obsession with bottled water. Peter H. Gleick. - Washington, DC : Island Press, c2010. - xiii, 211 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-202) and index.
Preface -- Chapter 1: War on tap water -- Chapter 2: Fear of the tap -- Chapter 3: Selling unwholesome provisions -- Chapter 4: If it's called "Arctic spring," why is it from Florida? -- Chapter 5: Cachet of spring water -- Chapter 6: Taste of water -- Chapter 7: Hidden cost of convenience -- Chapter 8: Selling bottled water: the modern medicine show -- Chapter 9: Drinking bottled water: sin or salvation? -- Chapter 10: Revolt: the growing campaign against bottled water -- Chapter 11: Green water? The effort to produce ethical bottled water -- Chapter 12: Future of water -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
1610911628 (pbk) 9781610911627 (pbk)
Drinking water.
Bottled water--Social aspects.
Bottled water industry--Social aspects.
663 GLE
Bottled & sold : the story behind our obsession with bottled water / Bottled and sold : the story behind our obsession with bottled water. Peter H. Gleick. - Washington, DC : Island Press, c2010. - xiii, 211 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-202) and index.
Preface -- Chapter 1: War on tap water -- Chapter 2: Fear of the tap -- Chapter 3: Selling unwholesome provisions -- Chapter 4: If it's called "Arctic spring," why is it from Florida? -- Chapter 5: Cachet of spring water -- Chapter 6: Taste of water -- Chapter 7: Hidden cost of convenience -- Chapter 8: Selling bottled water: the modern medicine show -- Chapter 9: Drinking bottled water: sin or salvation? -- Chapter 10: Revolt: the growing campaign against bottled water -- Chapter 11: Green water? The effort to produce ethical bottled water -- Chapter 12: Future of water -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
1610911628 (pbk) 9781610911627 (pbk)
Drinking water.
Bottled water--Social aspects.
Bottled water industry--Social aspects.
663 GLE