A Bubbling Cauldron

“A decision in the Perrier case is due in the coming months. It follows revelations in the French media about illicit filtration systems that have been widely used in the industry, apparently because of worries about water contamination.” The big story here isn’t that some supposedly natural water has been treated before hitting the bottle. The big story is why companies feel the need to filter. And that’s a climate story. Is Perrier as pure as it claims? The bottled water scandal gripping France.