Drinking problem

An item at Boston.com notes that one quick and easy way to personally take a positive step for the environment is to stop using bottled water. Americans spent $15 billion last year for a product that flows from their kitchen sink for pennies.

Nearly 40,000 18-wheelers a week transport bottled water across the US, and if the gasoline used in that process isn't enough, the petroleum used to make the plastic bottles, which are then often disposed of in landfills, should convince Americans to turn on the tap for their drinking needs.

Bottled water is generally no safer than tap water, and one-quarter of the bottled water sold is just repackaged tap water. Bottoms up.