Bottled Water : Finding Books
This libguide is a collaborative project between Wisconsin's Water Library and the UW-Madison Chemistry Library.
Examples of Books on Bottled Water
Type the keywords that best describe your topic in the box to your left. When looking for information on bottled water, you want to think about words and phrases that will retrieve the information you really want. Here are some examples of subject headings to use when beginning your search: bottled water, drinking water, bottling water, conservation, contamination
Bottled and sold : the story behind our obsession with bottled water by Call Number: 130586ISBN: 1597265284Bottled and Sold shows how water went from being a free natural resource to one of the most successful commercial products of the last one hundred years—and why we are poorer for it.
Bottlemania : how water went on sale and why we bought it by Call Number: 130580ISBN: 1596913711A riveting chronicle of one of the greatest marketing coups of the twentieth century as well as a powerful environmental wake-up call, Bottlemania is essential reading for anyone who shells out two dollars to quench their daily thirst.
The environmental science of drinking water by Call Number: 130564ISBN: 0750678763Environmental Science of Drinking Water demonstrates why we need to make a fundamental change in our approach toward protecting our drinking water. Factual and circumstantial evidence showing the failure of current drinking water standards to adequately protect human health is presented along with analysis of the extent of pollution in our water resources and drinking water.
The water we drink : water quality and its effects on health by Call Number: 130526ISBN: 0813526736The emphasis in the purification of drinking water has shifted from avoidance of infectious diseases to avoidance of chemical pollution. Barzilay and his colleagues give a brief history of the subject and then look at the methods, regulations, and science behind the current U.S. water supply.
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