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Concord bans sale of plastic water bottles - BostonHerald.com (http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1061127266 - broken link)
Concord bans sale of plastic water bottles
By Associated Press
Thursday, April 26, 2012
CONCORD -- Residents of the historic Massachusetts town of Concord have voted to ban the sale of single-serve plastic water bottles at local stores. The ban on sales of bottles of a liter or less passed at Wednesday’s town meeting 403-364.
Supporters say it’s the most sweeping water bottle ban passed by any municipality in the nation and will cut down on pollution and limit exposure to toxic chemicals.
Opponents say singling out one form of plastic is ridiculous and the ban will harm local businesses.
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Just a minute.
(scratching head)
I thought that the reason people STARTED to buy water in small plastic bottles was to cut down on pollution and limit exposure to toxic chemicals???
I clearly remember the screams from years ago, of people insisting that our tap water was loaded with minerals, chemicals, pollutants, you name it, and this was the SOLE reason why the water-in-small-plastic-bottles industry got started and grew to the size it is today.
Now they're BANNING water in small plastic bottles because it forms too many pollutants, toxic chemicals, .........
I clearly remember the screams from years ago, of people insisting that our tap water was loaded with minerals, chemicals, pollutants, you name it, and this was the SOLE reason why the water-in-small-plastic-bottles industry got started and grew to the size it is today.
I don't remember that argument being advanced when it first started. I thought it was just convenience.
But, if it's true it's really quite humorous, considering how much of that premium priced water comes right out of some municipal tap.
Which is why I have a Nalgene bottle that I can fill up from the water cooler. Not using them cuts down on the amount of plastics used, saves them from people who dont recycle, any why buy them when you could fill a water bottle for free?
Which is why I have a Nalgene bottle that I can fill up from the water cooler. Not using them cuts down on the amount of plastics used, saves them from people who dont recycle, any why buy them when you could fill a water bottle for free?
And you didnt even need a law to tell you buy one.
If the water sits in the bottles too long or they are reused or the bottles are cheaply made then the water absorbs the chemicals in the bottle making it toxic. At least that's what my mother in law always says.
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