Asymmetric Books and Literature

I'm listening to Elizabeth Royte on Dennis Prager and she's making a lot of sense: Bottled water is a sham; it's actually worse for you than tap water for its lack of fluoride, costs money, and is bad for the environment.

Think about, as Ms. Royte suggests, all of the landfill space; petroleum- used in the making of the bottles (Plastic is made from oil, folks.), transporting it around the country, and picking it up from the supermarket; and money (11.5 billion a year) wasted on a completely useless product.

I will henceforth be a tap water evangelist. I'll start with my friend, Jason, whom I visited yesterday and depleted his huge water stash by two bottles. My wife, on the other hand, may not make the switch, as she brings a stubborn tap water prejudice with her from Mexico.

Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It by Elizabeth Royte

Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash by Elizabeth Royte