More Bull in a Bottle

I was breezing through MSN this morning and there it was. A story about Aquafina bottled water from Pepsico. A company called Corporate accountability International has been pressuring bottled water companies to accurately portray their label claims. Like we should really need to have a watchdog company for Corporate America to accurately label the products we consume. I guess we do.

Anyway, the jest of the article is this; the big soda companies have been fighting for market share in the bottled water business. Hey, that's fine. It's the American way. Knock yourselves out. Wait, there's more you ask?

Aquafina, bottled by Pepsico is the single largest selling brand. Is labeled; P.S.W. and will now be accurately labeled Public Water Source.
Dasani; bottled by Coca-Cola states on the label it is purified water. Purified by reverse osmosis. It doesn't believe the public is confused by this. It is Public Water! But make no mistake y'all, it's purified!
Pure Life; bottled by Nestle states that it's source is both Public water and Ground water, although it can't at press time estimate how much of which is which. It is currently printing new labels to show the source though. Shouldn't this have been a priority at the onset of production?

My thought on this is we are driven by different reasons to buy and consume bottled water, at a premium price I may add. Next time you or a friend buys a bottle, lets show these companies what we think. Just refill the damn thing, put it in the fridge and save it for when you would buy another. Instead of paying over a dollar for their tap water, just drink your own and pocket the difference. sooner or later the word gets around and maybe, just maybe, they'll get the message.

It's time that the big guys stop screwing the little guys.

I'm still open to hear about other drinks and stuff like this to put on my list of "no buys".

Bottled Water

I'm sure I'm not the first to talk about bottled water, but I'll go ahead anyway. I too buy bottled water, tea and the like but never really thought too much about it until tonight at dinner. I was reading a bottle of FIJI Natural Artesian Water that my step-daughter bought. Don't know what she paid and don't care. She bought it. She must like it, It's about the only kind she buys.
Now I believe that most places like the ones that bottle for Wal-Mart and other name brands probably use plain old water from the pipe and filter it someway or other before they bottle it. Very few will claim it comes from a specific location and is bottled in its pure form from location to bottle. Ozarka in Arkansas is one of them I know of. Fiji is another. But what really caught my attention is it is artesian water. Unlike what I would call a regular well that must be pumped out, this water is expelled from the Earth under it's own pressure and forced through "Fiji's" bottling system. As the bottle states; " Bottled at the source, natural artesian pressure forces the water through a hermetically sealed delivery system free of human contact. It is never exposed to the environment. At least until you unscrew the cap."
Well that would wrap up the hermetically sealed part. I haven't heard that used since Carnac The Magnificent on The Carson Show. If your not sure who that is, look him up on Google.

Wait, that's not all on the water though. I like my water cold, clean, crisp tasting. I don't drink much really good water anymore. Not since I worked for the Water Department and drank it straight from the pipes underground. Man, That was good tasting water. Well it seems that this Figi water coming from an artesian well may not be so clean and pure, even if it tastes good. Now this may not seem like much to you but here is what it contains per the bottle claim.
85 mg/liter of silica, 17mg/l calcium, 13mg/l magnesium, 140mg/l bicarbonates and the big one....210mg/l of total dissolved solids! DISSOLVED SOLIDS? I want to know what kind of solids and why they dissolved them just to get them in the bottle. Maybe I'm taking this a step too far, but there are just somethings I'm not gonna eat or drink. This I believe will be one of them.

I'm gonna read a lot more bottles from now on. How about you? Anybody out there ever see other drinks like this? Let me know and I'll add them to my list.

Welcome

Well, I have been contemplating a blog but was afraid I didn't have enough to say. Or that nobody cared if I did have something to say. I finally decided that I would do it, and just see how it turned out. Even if the only people that read it were family.
I don't have a lot to say today other than to introduce myself to this community. My name is Tim Romack and I'm 48 years old. I'm married to Rhonda, my wonderful and forgiving wife. I say that now, because I'm sure it will be needed later. Together we have 5 children. Justin Romack, 22 whom will be getting married to Angela Janisch on Aug. 5th. in Nacogdoches, Tx. Nick Romack, 19 Who live in Lufkin, Tx. I am very proud of all of them and miss them more than I can ever say. I have two step children, Katie,18 and Colton, 14. They live here with us in Brookland, Ar. Katie just graduated high school and Colton will be a 9th grader this fall. We also have a son together, Logan who is 15 months and can be a hoot. More will come later on the family thing.
Anyhow, I am a NASCAR fan and the race is on, more later...