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Coca-Cola's "Dasani" bottled water under fire from consumer groups over tap water source Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

REPPED: Coca-Cola's "Dasani" brand bottled water product is under fire this week with a global effort to shame the company into admitting the truth about the source of its dasani water. What truth? 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. This week, on November 7th, Corporate Accountability International (www.StopCorporateAbuse.org) is holding a nationwide rally in seven key U.S.

Coca-Cola honestly label their dasani bottled water products as "coming from a public water source." Details about the event are available now at: www.ThinkOutsideTheBottle.org This grassroots consumer action aimed at Coca-Cola follows the hugely successful effort launched earlier this year to pressure Pepsi into making the same admission on its own branded water product: Aqua Fina. As reported by NewsTarget on August 2 of this year, Pepsi was bombarded by consumer complaints and, in response, agreed to add the phrase "Public water source" to their bottles.

Pepsi admits Aquafina comes from tap water Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

When traveling through airports, of course, I am sometimes forced to buy Aquafina or dasani, as nothing else is available. This is the only time you'll ever see me drinking out of a PepsiCo bottle. If I were in charge around here, I would immediately ban all advertising of junk foods, sodas, snack foods, cigarettes, pharmaceuticals and other harmful substances. It's the only sane thing to do if we care about the future of our children. Of course, such advertising bans will never actually take place because corporations run the government.

The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S. See book keywords and concepts

I'll take my chances with filtered water or bottled water, such as the pristine Artesian waters, or even some reputable American brands like dasani. Are there unscrupulous companies selling stuff that's probably no better (or worse) than tap? Sure. Is the "good stuff expensive? Yup. But compared to a drink at an upscale bar or hotel, or a day's worth of lattes at the local coffee emporium, the best bottle of water in the world is cheap. Doubly so for the peace of mind it buys me.

Health and Nutrition Secrets Russell L. Blaylock, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Ironically, the Coca-Cola Company bottles and sells water (under the name dasani) purified by the reverse osmosis method, which removes fluoride from water, but their soda actually contains fluoride. Presumably, dasani is the same water they use to make their soft drinks and it would make sense that Coke should actually be fluoride free. That it isn't would indicate that they are purposefully adding fluoride back in. Furthermore, the longer a canned drink sits, especially at higher temperatures, the more aluminofluoride compound will be created in the drink.

Health roundup: The depression patch, McDonald's trans fat goofs and bottled water (satire) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Coca-cola's dasani water is just filtered tap water with a trace of minerals thrown in. Many "vitamin water" products are often just colored water with a trace of low-cost vitamins. Popular sports water products are just water, artificial colors, salt and a few low-grade minerals. These are rip-off products, if you ask me. But there are also quality, genuine bottled water products on the market that I believe are worth every penny. Those would be the ones from natural mineral springs, like Evian or Aquarius water out of Oregon.

The unauthorized history of Coca-Cola (satire) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Don't confuse dasani with spring water. It's just plain old tap water (that starts out with all the same contaminants you get out of your kitchen faucet), but filtered and "enhanced" with some minerals. Once Coca-Cola had a profitable water product in the mix, their message about water was magically transformed into something a lot more pro-water. Hooking up with Ideas.com, Coca-Cola solicited water product branding ideas from consumers, promising a $5,000 award to the best idea submitted.

Health and Nutrition Secrets Russell L. Blaylock, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Presumably, dasani is the same water they use to make their soft drinks and it would make sense that Coke should actually be fluoride free. That it isn't would indicate that they are purposefully adding fluoride back in. Furthermore, the longer a canned drink sits, especially at higher temperatures, the more aluminofluoride compound will be created in the drink. This would be a major consideration, for example, in the millions of diet soft drinks donated to soldiers in the Persian Gulf. These drinks sat in the blazing heat, over 105° F, for weeks.

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