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Bottled & sold : the story behind our obsession with bottled water
- Title
- Bottled & sold : the story behind our obsession with bottled water / Peter H. Gleick.
- Author
- Gleick, Peter, 1956-
- Publication
- Washington, DC : Island Press, c2010.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 211 p. : ill.; 23 cm
- Alternative Title
- Bottled and sold : the story behind our obsession with bottled water
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-202) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-7818
- ISBN
- 1610911628 (pbk)
- 9781610911627 (pbk)
- OCLC
- 805389862
- Author
- Gleick, Peter, 1956-
- Title
- Bottled & sold : the story behind our obsession with bottled water / Peter H. Gleick.
- Imprint
- Washington, DC : Island Press, c2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-202) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-7818