Rational Radical

I’ve been warning about this for years, ever since I learned that bottled water companies had unfettered access to Canada’s fresh water supplies and were originally paying nothing–yet charging ridiculous prices for their product–for the water (they now pay a tiny fee).  In short, we’re running out of fresh water in Canada, as you can read in this story (while the link is still active over the next two weeks), yet our Liberal and Conservative governments have done literally nothing to remedy the problem.

Next, check out this story and especially the picture of a two-mouthed, mutated fish in Alberta, likely a product of pollution from Alberta’s infamous tar-sands.  More important, the rates of cancer in the area are abnormally high, so you do the math…

And finally, Toronto’s impotent mayor Miller has returned from vacation to tackle the issue of bottled water, as this headline reads: Toronto will consider bottled water ban: Mayor.  I agree that we need to reduce the trillions of plastic bottles piled in our landfills and littering the streets due to ignorant, selfish assholes and/or insufficient city planning and poorly run services–i.e., not enough recycling receptacles or they are not emptied frequently enough.  But what about the many other bottles, cups and cans?  Banning bottled water would merely be a drop in the bucket.  How about educating people re. the fact that bottled water is essentially no better than tap water?  Or how about making sure the few water fountains around the city actually work?  Or how about putting pressure on the federal government to ensure that bottling companies have to pay significantly higher costs for sucking our country dry?

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