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Germans stick to their bottled water as tap tries to gain foothold

Global Politics

Germans love their bottled water: still, fizzy, flavored or plain. But there’s a movement afoot to get them to embrace tap water, not just for its environmental benefits but because Berlin, in particular, has too much water on-hand at the moment.

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Environment

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California Women Water Health Concern

Researchers suggest that Californians should boil or filter tap water, or use reliable bottled water. Based on a study of 5,000 pregnant women there just published in the journal Epidemiology, pregnant women who drink a lot of tap water could be at increased risk for miscarriage if the water contained high levels of chlorine by-products […]

The World

California Drinking

Water agencies in western states are hard-pressed to pay for removing arsenic from tap water to meet new federal standards. But California towns may soon have to meet an even stricter standard. Tamara Keith reports.

The World

As unclear as water

Environment

Labels on bottled water make it difficult for consumers to discern what is in their water: has it been purified or tested? A Congressional hearing and new reports illustrate the lack of information that consumers have about what’s in a bottle of water.