Tuesday November 6, 2007, 1:25 pm
That Dasani water comes from tap water -- the same stuff used to flush your toilet. Of course, the water is filtered and augmented before being put into Dasani bottles, but it's still from the same source as your tap water.

Corporate scoundrels backed by politician$ in our Congre$$ and the White Hou$e!

Tuesday November 6, 2007, 1:34 pm
Coca-Cola Company is perhaps the most widely recognized corporate symbol on the planet. The company also leads in the abuse of workers' rights, assassinations, water privatization, and worker discrimination. Between 1989 and 2002, eight union leaders from Coca-Cola bottling plants in Colombia were killed after protesting the company's labor practices. Hundreds of other Coca-Cola workers who have joined or considered joining the Colombian union SINALTRAINAL have been kidnapped, tortured, and detained by paramilitaries who are hired to intimidate workers to prevent them from unionizing.

In India, Coca-Cola destroys local agriculture by privatizing the country's water resources. In Plachimada, Kerala, Coca-Cola extracted 1.5 million liters of deep well water, which they bottled and sold under the names Dasani and BonAqua. The groundwater was severely depleted, affecting thousands of communities with water shortages and destroying agricultural activity. As a result, the remaining water became contaminated with high chloride and bacteria levels, leading to scabs, eye problems, and stomach aches in the local population.

Coca-Cola is also one of the most discriminatory employers in the world. In the year 2000, 2,000 African-American employees in the U. S. sued the company for race-based disparities in pay and promotions.

Tuesday November 6, 2007, 2:21 pm
just got it in my email thx

Wednesday November 7, 2007, 12:28 pm
i always drink tap water. besides paying these water companies money to drink something that is free. people are also contributing to pollution with all the plastic bottles. if we stop buying it they will stop making. never forget consumers make the difference

Wednesday November 7, 2007, 8:47 pm
I'm for the tapwater too, preferably W/filter. Thx Elena