George Mason University takes the USA Today to task over inaccurate reporting of the risk associated with BPA.  Get the inside scoop here.

Beverage Spectrum’s Barry Nathanson pens a spectacular beverage-industry point of view, taking issue with the non-issue that is the vocal minority’s problem with bottled water.

Link to the full article here. But here’s a solid excerpt…

The numbers are starting to roll in for bottled water donation to the Atlanta floods.

5,000 gallons is what we’ve seen from Nestlé Waters North America. The water was delivered to the American Red Cross’ relief operation warehouse in Forest Park, Georgia, for distribution to communities. From a press release…

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the water cooler…it’s gone? Citing budgetary concerns, some corporations are opting to shed contracts with water cooler-delivery companies, the Toronto Star reports. Surely, a dime or two is saved in the process – we can’t argue with that.

Seems we can’t escape the bottled water backlash even in the movies. In the new romantic comedy The Ugly Truth, there’s two scenes where the discussion touches on how tap water ‘is just like bottled water, except that it is regulated and bottled water isn’t.’

You’d think that a publication like Men’s Health and its editor-in-chief, David Zinczenko, would be slick enough to call out those few groups that disparage bottled water.

Alas, you’d be wrong…