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Written by The Polaris Institute InsidetheBottle.org campaign team   
Friday, 28 May 2010 16:38
Just yesterday researchers at Montreal’s C-crest Laboratories found “revolting” amounts of bacteria in 70% of bottled water brands tested.

See the following news articles:
High bacterial rates found in bottled water
•    CBC.ca

Bottled water has high levels of bacteria
•    The Globe and Mail: http://www.google.ca/search?q=Bottled+water+has+high+levels+of+bacteria&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Bottled water's superiority goes down the drain
•    National Post : http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=3070735

This new troubling bottled water research comes on the heels of years of warnings and similar research conducted by the Polaris Institute.  In fact, last year we exposed that the Canadian Food and Inspection Agency conducted 49 product recalls of bottled water between 2000 and 2008 due to a number of health concerns.