When I tell someone that I am a water sommelier, the reaction is almost always the same: a smile, a pause and then a gentle question: “Isn’t water just… water?” It’s a fair response. For most of our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s sewage in our waterways, microplastics in bottled water, fluoride, oestrogen and even cocaine in what comes out of our ...

Growing mistrust of tap water has helped turn bottled water into a global staple, even in countries where public supplies are among the most rigorously tested. Marketing has positioned bottled water ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. At this point, it’s common knowledge that bottled water contains microplastics ...