VENICE, Italy, May 15 (UPI) -- Veritas, the water utility for the Italian city of Venice, says it is attempting to increase tap water use by offering discounts on carbonators.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A non-profit group says 10 U.S. bottled water brands contain 38 different pollutants but the water bottling industry says its water is fully regulated.
NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- A New York man said he has taken to bottling tap water and selling it in local stores in an attempt to keep water "honest and local."
GARLAND, Texas, April 14 (UPI) -- Most bottled water is exempt from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation because it is packaged and sold in the same state, an expert notes.
LONDON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- London's top sommeliers underwent blind taste tests of water, and ranked tap water third among a number of rivals that cost up to $100 a bottle.
NEW YORK, July 27 (UPI) -- Some bottled water is just tap water, a New York environmental lawyer said.
WASHINGTON, April 17 (UPI) -- U.S. bottled water sales rose 9 percent last year but it's unclear if people are drinking more or bottled is better than tap water, a Washington study says.
BRISBANE, Australia, April 6 (UPI) -- The bottled water Australians buy at food stores and restaurants is basically just filtered tap water, a consumer group said.
LONDON, March 2 (UPI) -- The Dasani bottled water that Coca-Cola is spending $13.3 million to promote in Britain reportedly comes from a public water tap in southern England.
Some dentists are concerned that people who drink mostly bottled water and not much tap water may not be getting enough fluoride to promote good dental health, but several experts said they are not worried and medical literature shows little cause for ala