Pepsi To Admit Aquafina Made From Tap Water

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Pepsi To Admit Aquafina Made From Tap Water

Pepsi Admits Aquafina Made From Tap Water

Aquafina labels to spell out source - tap water
By Martinne Geller
Thu Jul 26, 2007

NEW YORK (Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc. will spell out that its Aquafina bottled water is made with tap water, a concession to the growing environmental and political opposition to the bottled water industry.

According to Corporate Accountability International, a U.S. watchdog group, the world's No. 2 beverage company will include the words "Public Water Source" on Aquafina labels.

"If this helps clarify the fact that the water originates from public sources, then it's a reasonable thing to do," said Michelle Naughton, a Pepsi-Cola North America spokeswoman.

Pepsi Chief Executive Indra Nooyi told Reuters earlier this week the company was considering such a move.

Pepsi's Aquafina and Coca-Cola Co's Dasani are both made from purified water sourced from public reservoirs, as opposed to Danone's Evian or Nestle's Poland Spring, so-called "spring waters," shipped from specific locations the companies say have notably clean water.

Coca-Cola Co. told Reuters it will start posting online information about the quality control testing it performs on Dasani by the end of summer or early fall.

"Concerns about the bottled-water industry, and increasing corporate control of water, are growing across the country," said Gigi Kellett, director of the "Think Outside the Bottle" campaign, which aims to encourage people to drink tap water.

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It'a about time these liars fessed up, but notice that nowhere did they state they would stop making bottled water and contributing to the millions of pounds of plastic waste in this country every year. They think admitting they lied is now "environmentally responsible" enough even though they will continue to do business as usual regarding how they come about this "public source" water and how they package it. I sure hope their profits take a BIG hit.

It's so good to know however, that pressure is building on these corporations to admit their deceptions. I just hope people are savvy enough on the whole to understand that "public source" means tap water. Let's face it, even regarding how they are wording it they get a free ride. I guess people like me with blogs and those taking other action will just have to keep telling that truth to awaken people to the grand deception of these companies to use out most precious resource for their own profit at the expense of our environment and the lives of those who in many countries around this world have no potable water because these companies take it from them in order to get their product in the first place. I think they shhould also be legally bound to note on their bottles WHERE that source is and what that plastic bottle will do to our planet once it is thrown out by the consumer. That should be next on the agenda.

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