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Bottled water industry is the thin edge of water privatization [Canada]
The United Church of Canada is urging its three million members across the country to avoid bottled water as a way of taking a personal stand against water privatization. Delegates at the general church council...passed a resolution declaring water's "value to the common good must take priority over commercial interests."...[the] social policy co-ordinator...said bottled water is "the thin edge" of a much larger trend toward the global marketing of water by companies such as Coca-Cola (which owns Dasani) and Pepsi-Cola (which owns Aquafina)...Relying on tap water also avoids environmental issues associated with disposable water bottles. The church is urging the Canadian government to sign a United Nations convention recognizing water as a human right and to offer assistance to provinces and municipalities to upgrade water infrastructure.