Bottled Water: Credits & Endnotes

Credits

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Endnotes

APC – American Plastics Council. “2004 National Post-Consumer Plastics Recycling Report.” 2005. Available at http://www.americanchemistry.com/plastics/doc.asp?CIDcid=1581&DIDdid=6009. Accessed on September 26, 2007.

BMC – Beverage Marketing Corporation. “Growth Slows but Persists in U.S. Bottled Water Market, Beverage Marketing Corporation Report Reveals.” July 24, 2008. Available at: http://www.beveragemarketing.com/?section=news. Accessed on August 5, 2008.

Breum, Richard. “Test on aluminum drink bottles.” ReusableBags.com. 2001. Available at http://www.reusablebags.com/news.php?action=details&id=144. Accessed July 1, 2007.

BW Blues - Bottled Water Blues. “Pure, Healthy Water… A Necessity for Life!” 2008. Available at: http://www.bottledwaterblues.com/Pure_Water.cfm. Accessed on June 5, 2008.

CR – Consumer Reports. “Water Filter Types.” May 2007. Available at: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/home-garden/kitchen/water-filters/water-filters-5-07/types/0507_filter_types.htm?resultPageIindex=1&resultIindex=3&searchTterm=types%20of%20filters. Accessed on July 8, 2008.
_____2007a. “Water Filters: Green Buying Guide.” Greener Choices. May 2007. Available at: http://www.greenerchoices.org/products.cfm?product=waterfilter&pcat=homegarden.

CRI – Container Recycling Institute. “Water, Water Everywhere: The Growth of Non-Carbonated Beverages in the United States.” February 2007. Available at http://www.container-recycling.org/assets/pdfs/reports/2007-waterwater.pdf. Accessed on September 26, 2007.

DOE – United States Department of Energy. “Showers, Faucets, and Drinking Fountains.” Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Federal Energy Management Program. May 2001. Available at: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/pdfs/29267-6.3.pdf. Accessed on July 7, 2008.

Donn, Jeff; Martha Mendoza; and Justin Pritchard. “AP Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water.” March 9, 2008. Available at: http://www.abcnews.go.com/Hhealth/wireSstory?id=4416882. Accessed on March 11, 2008.

Doughty, Jeff. CEO, Spectrum Water Coolers Inc. Personal communication. May 5, 2008.

EC – The Ecology Center. “Report of the Berkeley Plastics Task Force.” April 8, 1996. Available at http://www.ecologycenter.org/ptf/report1996/report1996_toc.html. Accessed on September 26, 2007.

EPA – Environmental Protection Agency. “Drinking Water Costs & Federal Funding.” Office of Water. June 2004. Available at: http://www.epa.gov/OGogWDdW/sdwa/30th/factsheets/pdfs/fs_30ann_dwsrf_web.pdf.
______2006. Consumer Confidence Reports. Last Updated July 6, 2006. Available at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/ccr/index.html.
______2006a. Safe Drinking Water Information System. Last updated September 5, 2006. Available at http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/sdwis/sdwis_ov.html.
______2007. “Frequently Asked Questions.” Available at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/faq/faq.html. Accessed on September 26, 2007.
______2007a. Emissions Facts: Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Typical Passenger Vehicle. 2007. Available at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/climate/420f05004.htm.
______2007b. Terms of Environment: Glossary, Abbreviations and Acronyms. August 2, 2007. Available at: http://www.epa.gov/glossary/
______n.d. “ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Bottled Water Coolers.” ENERGY STAR Program. Available at: http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/product_specs/program_reqs/archive/Water%20Ccooler%20Program%20Rrequirements%20Vv1.0.pdf.

EPI – Earth Policy Institute. “Bottled Water: Pouring Resources Down the Drain.” February 2, 2006. Available at http://www.earth-policy.org/Uupdates/2006/Uupdate51.htm. Accessed on September 26, 2007.

GG – Green Guide. “Product Report: Water Filters.” National Geographic. June 30, 2002. Available at: http://www.thegreenguide.com/reports/product.mhtml?id=23&sec=1. Accessed on July 9, 2008.
_____2007. “Water Filters.” National Geographic. July/August 2007. Available at: http://www.thegreenguide.com/products/kitchen/water%20filters. Accessed on July 23, 2008.

Gleick, Peter. “The World’s Water: 2004-2005.” Pacific Institute. 2005. Available at http://pacinst.org/press_center/the_worlds_water_2004-2005/

IFG – International Forum on Globalization. “Blue Gold: The Global Water Crisis And The Commodification Of The World’s Water Supply.” Spring 2001. Available at http://www.ifg.org/pdf/Blue Ggold new.pdf. Accessed on September 26, 2007.

Karlstrom, Solvie. “Tapped Out: The True Cost of Bottled Water.” Green Guide. National Geographic. July/August 2007. Available at: http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/121/bottle. Accessed on: September 10, 2007.

Masterson, Danielle. “Picnic Perfect Plastics.” Green Guide. National Geographic. May/June 2006. Available at: http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/114/picnic. Accessed on May 21, 2008.

McEvoy, Jamie. “Three Simple Steps to Clean, Safe Drinking Water.” Green Guide. National Geographic. March/April 2004. Available at: http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/101/threesteps. Accessed on: June 3, 2008.

MEO – Michigan Energy Office. “Drinking Fountains.” The Energy Observer. March 2005. Available at: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CIScis_EOeo_tidbits_04-2005_120787_7.pdf. Accessed on May 19. 2008.

NC - North Carolina State Energy Office. “Drinking Fountains and Water Coolers.” May 2004. Available at: http://www.p2pays.org/ref/40/39997.pdf. Accessed on July 14, 2008.

NRDC – Natural Resources Defense Council. “Bottled Water: Pure Drink or Pure Hype?” 1999. Available at http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/bw/bwinx.asp.
______2005. “Consumer Guide to Water Filters.” Natural Resources Defense Council. August 16, 2005. Available at: http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/gfilters.asp. Accessed on May 20, 2007.

NSF – NSF International. Drinking Water Treatment Standards. 2004. Available at: http://www.nsf.org/business/drinking_water_treatment/standards.asp?program=DdrinkingWatTtre.
_____2004a. Water Treatment and Distribution Systems. 2004. Available at: http://www.nsf.org/business/water_distribution/index.asp?program=WaterDdistributionSsys.

NY – State of New York. Letter to Governor Eliot Spitzer from New York State Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee Chair Robert K. Sweeney. August 9, 2007. Received from Steve Liff via email on September 7, 2007.

Pacific Institute, “Bottled Water And Energy: A Pacific Institute Fact Sheet.” No date. Available at http://www.pacinst.org/topics/water_and_sustainability/bottled_water/bottled_water_and_energy.pdf. Accessed on September 26, 2007.

Posnick and Kim - Posnick, Lauren M and Kim, Henry. “Bottled Water Regulation and the FDA.” U.S. Food and Drug Administration. August/September 2002. Available at http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/botwatr.html.

Ruddy, Christopher. “Odds Are, You’re A Toxic Human ‘Water Filter.’” NewsMax.com. August 25, 2006. Available at: http://www.newsletterarchive.org/2006/08/25/52349-Uugly+Ttruth+Aabout+Water+Yyou+Ddrink. Accessed on: April 7, 2008.

Rysavy, Tracy Fernandez. “The Facts About Water Filters.” Real Money. Co-op America. July/August 2007. Available at: http://www.coopamerica.org/pubs/realmoney/articles/waterfilters.cfm. Accessed on July 24, 2008.

SCC – Santa Clara County. “Report Back Regarding the Use of County Funds to Purchase Bottled Water.” Memo from Luke Leung, Deputy County Executive to Finance & Government Operation Committee Chairperson Pete McHugh and Vice-Chairperson Liz Kniss. March 6, 2008. Available at: http://www.sccgov.org/SCCscc/docs/SCCscc%20Public%20Portal/keyboard%20agenda/Ccommittee%20Aagenda/2008/Mmarch%206,%202008/KeyboardTtransmittal-0014441.PDFdf. Accessed on June 7, 2008.

SKC – Shotyk, William; Michael Krachler; and Bin Chen. “Contamination Of Canadian And European Bottled Waters With Antimony From PET Containers.” Journal of Environmental Monitoring. January 20, 2006. Available at http://www.rsc.org/publishing/journals/EMem/article.asp?doi=b517844b. Accessed on September 26, 2007.

Sorensen, Steve. “Selecting a Drinking Fountain.” Reeves Journal. February 16, 2004. Available at: http://www.reevesjournal.com/CDAcda/Aarchives/d4b84856f0248010VvgnVCMvcm100000f932a8c0. Accessed on April 15, 2008.

Spectrum – Spectrum Water Coolers Website. No date. Available at: http://www.spectrumwatercoolers.com/. Accessed on May 1, 2008.

TBTF – Take Back the Filter. “Background Info.” No date. Available at: http://www.takebackthefilter.org/2008/04/background-info.html. Accessed on August 6, 2008.

UCS - Union of Concerned Scientists. “Is Bottled Water Better?” June 2007. Available at http://www.ucsusa.org/publications/greentips/is-bottled-water-better.html

USCM – United States Conference of Mayors. “In New York, Mayors Discuss Importance of Municipal Water, Impact of Bottled Water on Solid Waste.” May 19, 2008. Available at: http://www.usmayors.org/usmayornewspaper/documents/05_19_08/pg13_water.asp. Accessed on June 26, 2008.

Vidal, John. “The UK’s new rubbish dump: China.” The Guardian. September 20, 2004. Available at http://www.guardian.co.uk/waste/story/0,12188,1308278,00.html. Accessed on September 26, 2007.

WFC - Water Filter Comparisons. “Compare Water Filters & Learn which Product is Right for You.” No date. Available at: http://www.waterfiltercomparisons.com/HhomePage.cfm. Accessed on June 5, 2008.

 

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