The Resource Bottled and sold : the story behind our obsession with bottled water, Peter H. Gleick
Bottled and sold : the story behind our obsession with bottled water, Peter H. Gleick
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- Summary
- Peter Gleick knows water. A world-renowned scientist and freshwater expert, Gleick is a MacArthur Foundation "genius," and according to the BBC, an environmental visionary. And he drinks from the tap. Why don't the rest of us? Bottled and Sold shows how water went from being a free natural resource to one of the most successful commercial products of the last one hundred years-and why we are poorer for it. It's a big story and water is big business. Every second of every day in the United States, a thousand people buy a plastic bottle of water, and every second of every day a thousand more throw one of those bottles away. That adds up to more than thirty billion bottles a year and tens of billions of dollars of sales. Are there legitimate reasons to buy all those bottles? With a scientist's eye and a natural storyteller's wit, Gleick investigates whether industry claims about the relative safety, convenience, and taste of bottled versus tap hold water. And he exposes the true reasons we've turned to the bottle, from fear mongering by business interests and our own vanity to the breakdown of public systems and global inequities. "Designer" H2O may be laughable, but the debate over commodifying water is deadly serious. It comes down to society's choices about human rights, the role of government and free markets, the importance of being "green," and fundamental values. Gleick gets to the heart of the bottled water craze, exploring what it means for us to bottle and sell our most basic necessity
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 211 pages
- Contents
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- Preface
- The war on tap water
- Fear of the tap
- Selling unwholesome provisions
- If it's called "Arctic spring," why is it from Florida?
- The cachet of spring water
- The taste of water
- The hidden cost of convenience
- Selling bottled water : the modern medicine show
- Drinking bottled water : sin or salvation?
- Revolt : the growing campaign against bottled water
- Green water? The effort to produce ethical bottled water
- The future of water
- Isbn
- 9781597265287
- Label
- Bottled and sold : the story behind our obsession with bottled water
- Title
- Bottled and sold
- Title remainder
- the story behind our obsession with bottled water
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter H. Gleick
- Title variation
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- Bottled & sold
- Story behind our obsession with bottled water
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Peter Gleick knows water. A world-renowned scientist and freshwater expert, Gleick is a MacArthur Foundation "genius," and according to the BBC, an environmental visionary. And he drinks from the tap. Why don't the rest of us? Bottled and Sold shows how water went from being a free natural resource to one of the most successful commercial products of the last one hundred years-and why we are poorer for it. It's a big story and water is big business. Every second of every day in the United States, a thousand people buy a plastic bottle of water, and every second of every day a thousand more throw one of those bottles away. That adds up to more than thirty billion bottles a year and tens of billions of dollars of sales. Are there legitimate reasons to buy all those bottles? With a scientist's eye and a natural storyteller's wit, Gleick investigates whether industry claims about the relative safety, convenience, and taste of bottled versus tap hold water. And he exposes the true reasons we've turned to the bottle, from fear mongering by business interests and our own vanity to the breakdown of public systems and global inequities. "Designer" H2O may be laughable, but the debate over commodifying water is deadly serious. It comes down to society's choices about human rights, the role of government and free markets, the importance of being "green," and fundamental values. Gleick gets to the heart of the bottled water craze, exploring what it means for us to bottle and sell our most basic necessity
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gleick, Peter H
- Dewey number
- 663/.61
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
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- TP659
- HD9349.M542
- LC item number
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- .G54 2010
- G54 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bottled water
- Bottled water industry
- Water quality
- Water Supply
- Drinking
- Bottled water
- Bottled water industry
- Water quality
- Bottled water
- Label
- Bottled and sold : the story behind our obsession with bottled water, Peter H. Gleick
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-202) and index
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- nc
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- Contents
- Preface -- The war on tap water -- Fear of the tap -- Selling unwholesome provisions -- If it's called "Arctic spring," why is it from Florida? -- The cachet of spring water -- The taste of water -- The hidden cost of convenience -- Selling bottled water : the modern medicine show -- Drinking bottled water : sin or salvation? -- Revolt : the growing campaign against bottled water -- Green water? The effort to produce ethical bottled water -- The future of water
- Control code
- ocn468856480
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 211 pages
- Isbn
- 9781597265287
- Lccn
- 2009048139
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o468856480
- (OCoLC)468856480
- Label
- Bottled and sold : the story behind our obsession with bottled water, Peter H. Gleick
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-202) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- The war on tap water -- Fear of the tap -- Selling unwholesome provisions -- If it's called "Arctic spring," why is it from Florida? -- The cachet of spring water -- The taste of water -- The hidden cost of convenience -- Selling bottled water : the modern medicine show -- Drinking bottled water : sin or salvation? -- Revolt : the growing campaign against bottled water -- Green water? The effort to produce ethical bottled water -- The future of water
- Control code
- ocn468856480
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 211 pages
- Isbn
- 9781597265287
- Lccn
- 2009048139
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o468856480
- (OCoLC)468856480
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