Bottled Water Ban

    MOM’s - My Organic Market, a grocery chain in the Washington, D.C./Baltimore metro area, has recently banned the sale of all bottled water that is not both sourced and bottled domestically.
    “The decision to take a step towards eliminating bottled water was a fairly easy one. Once we thought about the amount of energy, oil, and water that go into producing, shipping, and disposing of a product that is readily available by simply turning on your faucet, we knew it was the right decision,” said Lisa de Lima, MOM’s vice president.
    “Another aspect to the global water justice movement is the issue of privatization of a natural resource, which is becoming increasingly polluted and scarce,” the company said in a statement.
    The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 36 states will experience water shortages by 2013.