The Story of Bottled Water: Fear, Manufactured Demand and a $10,000 Sandwich

Also from yesterday's Huffington Post, Annie Leonard's article about her 7-minute animated film, "The Story of Bottled Water."  Here's an excerpt.

Imagine I was trying to sell you a sandwich. It's shrink wrapped in plastic that may leach toxic chemicals, but don't worry about that. Mine's still healthier than a sandwich you could make at home, what with all those impurities in your fridge. Now, I've got no proof of that, and actually, some people have tested my sandwiches and found that sometimes they have more bad stuff in them than the ones from your own kitchen. But never mind that. Mine's more convenient. Tastes better too. I swear.

So here you go: one plastic-wrapped, waste-producing sandwich that isn't any healthier and doesn't taste any better than the one from your own kitchen. That'll be $10,000, please.

Read the rest of Annie's article, and see the short film, here.  Annie Leonard's"Story of Stuff" website is here.