Sheldon wrote:
> sarah bennett wrote:
>
>>Sheldon wrote:
>>
>>>sarah bennett wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I would venture to say that most bottled waters are just filtered tap
>>>>water.
>>>
>>>
>>>It "all* comes directly from a local municipal water tap...
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>Uh, no. the companies that bottle water have to divulge where the water
>>comes from.
>
>
> No they don't. All they need to provide is that it's water and the
> business contact info. Other beverages and food products need not
> mention the specific source of their water. Canned tuna doesn't say
> where the contents were harvested.... like tuna, all you need know is
> that water is from Planet Earth.
>

http://www.bottledwater.org/public/p.../labeling.html

it's about halfway down. If the water comes from a municipal source, it
has to be labeled as such.

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