F.D. Flam, Columnist

Stop Shaming Bottled Water. We Need Better Tap

Look closer.

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Some scientists and activists scoff at bottled water as a wasteful, environmentally destructive substitute for the stuff that comes free from the tap — especially when many brands are just filtered tap water.

Maybe it’s the tap water that we should be paying closer attention to.