With God On Our Side...

I drink tap water. I do this for both environmental and practical reasons. I just can't understand why people spend a whole lot of money for bottled water that originally comes from the tap and wreaks havoc on the environment. One argument against bottled water that I had not considered was that bottled water does not contain fluoride and so kids who drink only bottled water may look forward to having their teeth rot in their tiny heads. Now Canadian churches have declared a religious war on bottled water.

Bottled water has never gone down smoothly with many environmentalists, who view it as an extravagantly wasteful way of quenching a thirst, but the product is facing criticism from an unexpected source - religious groups.
Some churches in Canada have started to urge congregants to boycott bottled water, citing ethical, theological and social justice reasons. Bottled water, they argue, is morally tainted and should be avoided.
And last month, the United Church passed a motion urging its nearly one million Canadian adherents to leave bottled water on the store shelves, unless alternative sources of safe water aren't available.