Bottled water: No longer cool?

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"Activists turn up the heat on Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestle. ...bottled water is no safer or healthier than the H2O that flows from municipal water systems."

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They have a point, but I wonder why they're targeting bottled water specifically. All beverages are bottled or packaged in some way.

it makes perfect sense for Coke and Pepsi to sell water as a wholesome alternative to sugary sodas - for which they've taken a lot of flack from nutrition groups.

"Our message is about convenience and great taste and choice," says Elaine Palmer, a spokesperson at PepsiCo, which has charitable projects to support public water in China and India.

Yeppers.