what are you drinking?

if you've been reading or watching on the news about the apparent scandal with bottled water.. then this should help clear your doubts. i had a couple of friends who came up to me with the news article they read, and were asking what it's all about.. (reference article)

Pepsi-Cola announced Friday that the labels of its Aquafina brand bottled water will be changed to make it clear the product is tap water.

The new bottles will say, "The Aquafina in this bottle is purified water that originates from a public water source," or something similar, Pepsi-Cola North America spokeswoman Nicole Bradley told CNN.

The bottles are currently labeled: "Bottled at the source P.W.S." Americans spent about $2.17 billion on Aquafina (14.7% market share, making it the leading bottle water brand) last year, according to Beverage Digest, an independent company that tracks the global beverage industry. The U.S. bottled water business in 2006 totaled roughly $15 billion, it said.

so all the fuss now is about the picture on the Aquafina label that has a mountain on it and this is apparently deceiving people into thinking that Aquafina is actually from some mineral spring somewhere.. bloody idiots, read the fuckin' label - its says purified drinking water!! there's also a PWS symbol on it on the back that means bottled from a public water source!

this really pisses me off, when people don't look carefully at what they're picking up, and then want to get their panties all up in a bunch cos there is no one but themselves to blame.

if you did have any genuine doubts though.. Aquafina is actually as pure as distilled water, cos it undergoes reverse osmosis, which takes all minerals and trace elements out of it, leaving you with just good ol' pure H₂O. so feel free to pick up a case of Aquafina any time you want, without wondering about how safe it is.. of course, if you live anywhere in the North-Eastern US then you can have the peace of mind knowing that all Aquafina has been personally passed by me.. lol (ok ok, terrible water joke, but it was begging to be told!)