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The Responsibility Project blog: Restaurants introduce tap water surcharges

Posted Fri, 2011/12/09 - 2:08pm by RCAP

A Dec. 7 post on The Responsibility Project's blog reports that some restaurants across the country are now charging diners for filtered tap water. The post begins:

Five cities named finalists in U.S. Conference of Mayors Tap Water Taste Competition

Posted Tue, 2011/05/24 - 9:48am by RCAP

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Five cities were selected today as finalists in The U.S. Conference of Mayors 2011 Best Tasting City Water in America contest following the preliminary round of competition held at the USCM headquarters in Washington, D.C. The five cities are: Albany, N.Y.; Denton, Texas; Racine, Wisc.; Rochester, N.Y.; and, Pembroke Pines, Fla.

Bottled water could be ruining your smile

Posted Tue, 2010/09/14 - 2:57pm by RCAP

Bottled water could be allowing for the deterioration of teeth all over the country.  Tap water contains fluoride, which is something that bottled water often does not carry enough of to keep your pearly whites clean.

Check out more at Health.com:

http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20398266_3,00.html