Fight Over Mt. Shasta Water Bottling Plant Gets Political

 Residents near Mt. Shasta concerned about a water bottling plant launched a ballot initiative to tighten bottling rules, but were defeated. Now, one claims the other side used an astroturf campaign and violated campaign finance rules.

https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2017/03/15/fight-over-mt-shasta-water-bottling-plant-gets-political

The grassroots group Water for Flathead’s Future (who oppose the proposed bottling plant in Creston) is sponsoring three benefit screenings of the award-winning documentary “Tapped” this week in locations across the valley:

The following link by Catherine Haug (of the Essential Stuff Project)

 
http://essentialstuff.org/index.php/2017/03/19/Cat/event-3-flathead-showings-documentary-tapped-mar-2017/

Water Torture, Really?

As adjoining landowners, my neighbors and I have been living an absolute nightmare because of Weaver's water-bottling plant application

By Steve Harvey // Mar 8, 2017 // Guest Column, Opinion

http://flatheadbeacon.com/2017/03/08/water-torture-really/

Bigfork Senator Seeks Mandatory Studies for Water-Bottling Plants

Sen. Bob Keenan introduces bill that would require environmental impact studies, other rules for proposed bottling facilities.

http://flatheadbeacon.com/2017/03/07/bigfork-senator-seeks-mandatory-studies-water-bottling-plants/ 

Bottled water overtakes soda as America’s No. 1 drink — and you should avoid both

 Bottled water is not without chemicals, according to studies of European bottled waters carried out in Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France — one published in 2011 and the other in 2013 — by the Goethe University Frankfurt’s Department of Aquatic Ecotoxicology. Among the main compounds Wagner found: Endocrine disrupting chemicals, or EDCs, which can act like hormones in the body and have been linked to diabetes, breast cancer and cardiovascular disease. (The International Bottled Water Association said the origin of these EDCs may have been environmental rather than from a packaging material.) (Not so)

 

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bottled-water-overtakes-soda-as-americas-no-1-drink-why-you-should-avoid-both-2017-03-10?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=

 

 See also...

Chemical used to replace BPA in plastic accelerates embryonic development, disrupts reproductive system

 

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/chemical-used-to-replace-bpa-in-plastic-accelerates-embryonic-development-disrupts-reproductive-system

 

 

Bottling plant debated in Helena March 08, 2017 at 8:04 pm | By SAM WILSON Daily Inter Lake

About a dozen Flathead residents opposed to a controversial water-bottling plant proposed in Creston testified in the Montana State Capitol Wednesday afternoon, lending their support to legislation that would subject the facility to an additional environmental review before it can be approved.

 http://www.dailyinterlake.com/article/20170308/ARTICLE/170309876

Senate Bill 215 info

 Senate Bill 215 info

 Senate Bill 215 has been proposed by Bob Keenan of Bigfork, Montana to better ensure that large industrial scale water bottling plants in the state undergo a more thorough and comprehensive review to consider all potential impacts from such facilities prior to permitting. 

Link below


http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Alert--Support-SB215--This-Bill-Establishes-for-a-More-Thorough---Comprehensive-Review---Permitting-Process-for-Water-Bottling-P.html?soid=1101044546896&aid=M8z0k0jMNZY