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...Putting a Cap on Bottle Waste Re Bryan Walsh's "Back to the Tap" [Aug. 20]: On average Americans get 226 more calories [946 kJ] a day from beverages than they did a generation ago, and the number of overweight and obese children is up 360%. Clearly, Americans need to drink more water, whether bottled or tap. People want to make environmentally responsible choices, and Nestlé Waters does too. Our Ecoshape half-liter bottle has less plastic than any comparably sized beverage container in the U.S. - and all our plastic bottles are recyclable. We make all our small plastic...
...After living more than 30 years in countries in which drinking tap water was a known risk, I was amazed to come home and find everyone buying water. I think tap water is great. Selling water is surely the biggest scam of the century, and Americans have fallen for it. Marjorie Dye, Pasadena, California...
...five existing beamlines will swing into use from this month, when the first group of selected research teams arrive from Australia and New Zealand to tap into synchrotron radiation, which covers a broad spectrum including infrared, visible light and X rays. A handful of experts have already begun road-testing the device, and their projects are an early showcase of the dizzying range of topics set to be explored - the infrared beamline, for instance, is being used to study mouse eggs in an effort to pinpoint the best time to fertilize human eggs in IVF; to investigate the facial-tumor...
...exculpatory call records in the Duke alleged rape case, cell phones have emerged as an important resource for both criminal investigators and defense lawyers. Now a small group of international forensic code breakers is working to go beyond the obvious and familiar - the call logs and address books - and tap deeper into our phones, into a hidden gold mine of personal information. Their work is prompting kudos from crime busters while raising concern among civil libertarians...
Alcohol-free Sungria, soft drinks and water were the only refreshments on tap this Friday for the first Underage Festival in Victoria Park. The event was being sold to me as offering "credible music" for 14 to 17-year-olds. Being 17 myself and able to go to "grown-up" events already, I was initially apprehensive as to what this kiddiefest would be like. The event oozed youth, attracting a mini media frenzy and plenty of corporate sponsors. Meanwhile, other young entrepreneurs at the festival were touting their own clandestine merchandise: hash scones or vodka at $6 a shot. Despite...