Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Quotations

Comment below with your powerful quote. It should be a fact that is surprising, shocking, or a life lesson. Be sure it relates to one of your reasons. Include the source of your quote in your comment.

22 comments:

  1. It takes a fleet equivalent to 40,000 18-wheelers just to deliver the bottled water Americans buy every week

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    1. I got that at http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/02/13/bottled-water-is-silly-but-so-is-banning-it/

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  2. But then the silliness took a leap. Where, I asked, do the bubbles in Pellegrino come from? http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/02/13/bottled-water-is-silly-but-so-is-banning-it/

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    1. i mean "But then the silliness took a leap. Where, I asked, do the bubbles in Pellegrino come from? " http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/02/13/bottled-water-is-silly-but-so-is-banning-it/

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    2. "The three most common reasons given by bottled-water drinkers are healthiness, purity and taste" http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/bottled-water.htm

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  3. http://science.howstuffworks.com/
    "The bottled version of the stuff is currently an $8 billion industry in the United States alone."

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  4. ''More recently, our companies provided bottled water to those in need in the aftermath of the 2009 spring flooding in the Midwest.”

    http://www.bottledwater.org/news/bottled-water-industry-provides-assistance-haitian-relief-efforts

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  5. "according to Aquafina, what's left is actually 4 parts per million (ppm) of total dissolved solids -- still significantly less than the FDA regulation stating that purified water should have no more than 10 ppm of TDS"

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    1. I got it from
      http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/bottled-water1.htm

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  6. http://www.bottledwater.org/health/bottled-water-vs-tap-water.
    Tap water is blamed for 19 million illnesses, while bottled water has caused no illness.

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    1. http://www.bottledwater.org/health/bottled-water-vs-tap-water.
      "Tap water is blamed for 19 million illnesses, while bottled water has caused no illness."

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  7. “The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) and the bottled water industry have been working to provide bottled water to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti".

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  8. "drinking water, from the tap or the bottle, is important for healthy hydration"
    http://www.bottledwater.org/health/bottled-water-vs-tap-water

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  9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YEGewENa6E&feature=youtube_gdata_player
    "supplying amiricans with plastic water bottles for one year consumes more than 47 million gallons of oil..."

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  10. "For a natural resource that most of us have access to for minimal cost, water is doing pretty well as a revenue generator. The bottled version of the stuff is currently an $8 billion industry in the United States" I got this info from How Stuff Works

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  11. "Consumers choose bottled water for several reasons, including taste, quality, and convenience." http://www.bottledwater.org/health/bottled-water-vs-tap-water#sthash.ZsJ2MPBU.dpuf

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  12. "Cancer cells feed on acid. Flood them with alkalinity and they starve to death. It's really that simple." (Most bottled water is acidic, except Evan, and for the love of god don't drink tap water!)

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  13. "CDC says tap water causes 19 million illnesses each year, while botted water is responsible for zero illnesses."
    http://www.bottledwater.org/health/bottled-water-vs-tap-water

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  14. ''The pretty pictures and superlative language on the labels of bottled waters can sometimes be misl­eading. One famous example is the now defunct Alaska Water, which stated on the label, "Alaska Premium Glacier Drinking Water: Pure Glacier Water From the Last Unpolluted''

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    1. http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/bottled-water.htm

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  15. "acording to the institute of Medicine and the American Journal of Preventative Medicine,two-thirds of American adults are overwheight with one-third of those indivuals being obese

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  16. When bottled water gets ban:
    Nearly 30% of a humans daily calories are from drinking sugary drinks.

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