{"id":3393,"date":"2008-08-26T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-26T15:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=3393"},"modified":"2008-08-26T09:58:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-26T15:58:00","slug":"the-hidden-cost-of-40-bling-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/the-hidden-cost-of-40-bling-water\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hidden Cost of $40 “Bling Water”"},"content":{"rendered":"
Simran Sethi<\/em><\/a> and Sarah Smarsh<\/em><\/a> are writing a series on the impacts of everyday things.They will be posting previews on Green Options before launching the posts on Huffington Post<\/em><\/a>. Here\u2019s the low-down on how we\u2019re quenching our thirst. <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n We\u2019ve been seduced by the beverage industry into believing only they can quench our thirst with colored, caffeinated, vitaminized, electrolyted water. We have become so parched that we can\u2019t walk down the street without toting a single-use plastic bottle touting the magical effects of its water source<\/a>.<\/p>\n Apparently, Kabbalah Water<\/a> will heal us and Bling Water<\/a> will define us. At the Bling H20 website<\/a>, Bling Water \u201ccreator\u201d Kevin Boyd describes noticing on Hollywood studio lots that \u201cyou could tell a lot about a person by the bottled water they carried.\u201d First of all, didn\u2019t god create water? Secondly, the water is bottled in Dandridge, Tennessee<\/a> – since when is Southern Tennessee a spring of L.A. status? Yes, Dandrige\u2019s water ranks very highly on EPA\u2019s water quality index<\/a>, but why are we spending so much money ($40 for Bling\u2019s \u201cGo Green\u201d 750ml bottle) on cross-continental water instead of cleaning up our local waterways? Tinseltown\u2019s water<\/a> is so polluted with run-off and industrial contamination that perhaps water by way of Tennessee does make sense.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what the less blingy among us do: Read more at the Huffington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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