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Most Bottled Water Brands Don't Disclose Information About Source, Purity and Contaminants

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News release: “An Environmental Working Group (EWG) investigation of almost 200 popular bottled water brands found less than 2 percent disclose the water’s source, how the water has been purified and what chemical pollutants each bottle of water may contain. Just 2 of the 188 individual brands EWG analyzed disclosed those three basic facts about their water.”

  • Report and data: Is your bottled water worth it?
  • See also, Bottled Water: FDA Safety and Consumer Protections Are Often Less Stringent Than Comparable EPA Protections for Tap Water, GAO-09-861T, July 08, 2009

    • New GAO Reports: Safety of Bottled Water, Defense Logistics, Recovering Servicemembers

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    Bottled Water: FDA Safety and Consumer Protections Are Often Less Stringent Than Comparable EPA Protections for Tap Water, GAO-09-861T, July 08, 2009 Climate Change Trade Measures: Considerations for U.S. Policy Makers, GAO-09-724R, July 08, 2009 Climate Change Trade Measures: Estimating Industry Effects, GAO-09-875T, July 08, 2009 Defense Logistics: Observations on Army’s Implementation of the Logistics… Continue Reading

    New survey identifies top risks facing microfinance industry

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    CSFI – Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation: “The resilience of the global microfinance industry will be put to the test by the economic crisis, according to a new survey of the risks to the business, Microfinance Banana Skins 2009, by David Lascelles and Sam Mendelson. Far from being insulated from the economic mainstream… Continue Reading

    UK Treasury Report: Reforming Financial Markets

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    Reforming Financial Markets, Presented to Parliament by The Chancellor of the Exchequer by Command of Her Majesty July 2009: “This document sets out the Government’s analysis of the causes of the financial crisis, the action already taken to restore financial stability and the regulatory reforms necessary to strengthen the financial system for the future, so… Continue Reading

    Commentary: The Newsweekly’s Last Stand

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    Why The Economist is thriving while Time and Newsweek fade, by Michael Hirschorn, The Atlantic, July/August 2009 “Newsweek’s recent decision to get out of the news-digesting business and reposition itself as a high-end magazine selling in-depth commentary and reportage follows Time magazine’s emergency retrenchment along similar lines. It accelerates a process by which the 76-year-old… Continue Reading