695. By encouraging consumers to "think outside the bottle," the
campaign is a direct challenge to the marketing muscle and myths of the
bottled water industry."
In 2004, half a million bottles of Coke's Dasani were recalled in the
United Kingdom after they were found to contain bromate, a carcinogen. Our
human right to water is at stake," said Tony Clarke, Director of the Polaris
Institute.
The trial court found Nestle's well field operation substantially harmed a
stream, two lakes, and rich diverse wetlands . Supplying water is already a $400 billion annual business-30
percent larger than the pharmaceutical industry. The World Water Forum is organized by
the World Water Council, a think tank dominated by private water corporations.

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Instead of handing over control of water to a few giant
corporations , we need to strengthen and enforce international legal
instruments to protect water as a basic human right. For over 25
years, we've forced corporations -- like Nestle, General Electric and Philip
Morris /Altria -- to stop abusive actions. Yesterday,
local authorities denied Coke's license to re-start operations in Plachimada. Corporate Accountability International
is joining with people's movements and NGOs from every region of the world in
challenging the pro-privatization agenda of the Fourth World Water Forum.

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Contacts: Patti Lynn at Campaign Headquarters 1."
For example, Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation (MCWC) in Big
Rapids, Michigan, has battled and won a major court victory in 2003 shutting
down a Nestle well field that supplies water for its bottled water operation.
According to the United Nations, two-thirds of the world's people won't
have access to enough water by 2025.

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"Across North America and around the world,
people are joining in solidarity with the people of Plachimada in their battle
against Coke."

Corporate Accountability International, formerly Infact, is a membership
organization that protects people by waging and winning campaigns challenging
irresponsible and dangerous corporate actions around the world.stopcorporateabuse .org.

Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestle water brands account for half
of the $55 billion bottled water market, and Coke and Pepsi both use tap water
as their source.
"Spring water mining and pumping operations are hugely profitable in a
very thirsty world.

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This irresponsible and
dangerous practice causes serious harm to people's health and the environment."
Last week, 700 villagers gathered outside of Coke's plant in Plachimada to
prevent the soft drink giant from re-starting operations there. For over 25
years, we've forced corporations -- like Nestle, General Electric and Philip
Morris /Altria -- to stop abusive actions.

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The campaign, already involving hundreds of
people in 8 major cities, is encouraging consumers to "think outside the
bottle" and challenge bottled water industry giants Coke, Nestle and Pepsi. National tap water challenges are scheduled to take place
throughout this week, leading up to the United Nations' World Water Day on
March 22.

Corporate Accountability International, formerly Infact, is a membership
organization that protects people by waging and winning campaigns challenging
irresponsible and dangerous corporate actions around the world.

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Corporate Accountability International is joining with
people's movements and NGOs from every region of the world in a common
refrain, "Our water is not for sale.
As consumers across the US take the Tap Water Challenge this week, giant
corporations like Coke and Suez are participating in the Fourth World Water
Forum , a major international gathering that promotes the interests of the
private water industry, in Mexico City.

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3415. "Problems of water scarcity and access loom larger as a
profit-driven industry increasingly controls our water supply.

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Activists are contacting Coke by phone, fax and email to show solidarity with
the people from Plachimada calling for the plant's permanent closure, and to
support the local authorities' efforts to defend their right to water.
"There is a growing movement around the world calling for Coke to end its
abusive actions," says Corporate Accountability International Executive
Director Kathryn Mulvey. For more information visit
http://www. And a
Natural Resources Defense Council study found that bottled water was no
safer -- and sometimes less safe -- than tap water, with harmful contaminants
like arsenic detected in some brands. Postcards with mock labels (Daphoni, Aquafib
and Nasty) will be on hand for consumers for fill out and send to the three
corporations .
"This is about much more than price gouging or duping the public.stopcorporateabuse.

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"Our members in the US are joining with community
leaders and allies in India to demand that Coke permanently close its plant in
Plachimada, and then pay back communities for the damage it has caused. However , the corporation has tremendous political and economic clout in
the region and around the world, and won a recent court ruling that could pave
the way for Coke to re-open the plant and continue to deplete the local water
supply. For over 25
years, we've forced corporations -- like Nestli , General Electric and Philip
Morris/Altria -- to stop abusive actions.

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Corporate Accountability Activists Challenge Increasing Corporate Control of Water

For more information visit
http://www.

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" The World Water Forum opens tomorrow,
March 16 and runs through March 22. In the face of limited water supply ,
corporations are increasingly seeking to turn water into a profit-driven
commodity.
This month Corporate Accountability International is working with local
activists and allies to launch the national "Think Outside the Bottle"
campaign, citing bottled water as the most visible example of increasing
corporate control of our water.
Activists across the country are organizing Tap Water Challenges , daring
city residents to put on blindfolds and try to tell the difference between
Coke's Dasani , Pepsi's Aquafina, Nestle's Poland Spring, and their own public
tap water. After lobbying the governor and
state chamber of commerce to their side, Nestle was able to appeal the ruling,
and won temporary permission to pump out and bottle 218 gallons of water each
minute.

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The World Water Forum is organized by the World Water Council, a
think tank dominated by private water corporations.
While the challenge to water privatization builds in Mexico City, people
across the US are also taking action to challenge corporate control of water.
Half of all Americans drink bottled water, and one in six Americans drink
only bottled water.

Contact: Patti Lynn, (617) 695-2525, plynn@stopcorporateabuse .

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International Pressure Grows to Permanently Close Coke Bottling Plant in Plachimada

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Protests, boycotts, strikes, class action suits, and other organized actions against corporations.

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Corporate Accountability International, formerly Infact, is a membership
organization that protects people by waging and winning campaigns challenging
irresponsible and dangerous corporate actions around the world.
In Plachimada, people have protested Coke's abuses for more than three
years.

The Polaris Institute is an action-research organization that works on
international campaigns challenging the corporate theft of water resources in
communities around the world.insidethebottle . "Corporations like Coke, Pepsi and Nestle promote bottled water as pure,
safe, healthy and superior to tap water, but bottled water is actually less
regulated than tap water.
Tap Water Challenges will be conducted in Austin, Baltimore, Boston,
Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Portland (Oregon), San Francisco and Seattle.

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Events organized to challenge the Forum
are spanning this week and next. "That is a frightening
prospect.617. Coke drains water from communities
throughout India to make soft drinks and bottled water.org and our program on bottled water issues,
http://www. 'Think Outside the Bottle' Campaign to Reveal How Corporations Mislead
Consumers About Bottled Water

BOSTON, People across the US are participating
today in Tap Water Challenges in cities to test Coke, Nestle and Pepsi's
bottled water advertising. In the face of limited water supply,
corporations are increasingly seeking to turn water into a profit-driven
commodity .

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2525
Bryan Hirsch in Mexico City 52. For further information, visit
http://www.

Bottled Water Claims By Coke Pepsi Nestle Put to Test in Nationwide Tap Water Challenge Conducted by Corporate Accountability International

Two cups will
contain Dasani, Aquafina, or Poland Springs, and the other two contain water
drawn from different public taps.

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Major International Meeting to Promote the Private Water Industry Seen as
Rallying Point for Movement to Protect the Human Right to Water

MEXICO CITY, As giant corporations like Coca-Cola
and Suez prepare for the Fourth World Water Forum, a major international
gathering that promotes the interests of the private water industry, activists
from around the world are coming together to challenge increasing corporate
control of water.
"If corporations turn water into a profit-driven commodity, they could
determine who gets it and who does not," says Corporate Accountability
International Executive Director Kathryn Mulvey. The citizens group is appealing the case to the Michigan Supreme Court
to prevent a shift in water law that would favor privatization of a public
resource.
Activists from around the world are coming together to challenge
increasing corporate control of water.org

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March 22 is the United Nations' World Water
Day.

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Police
arrested hundreds of people during the non-violent demonstration.

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Coke, which is facing
growing international pressure for draining massive amounts of water from a
number of Indian communities, is a sponsor of the Fourth World Water Forum.3473

It is all part of Corporate Accountability
International's national "Think Outside the Bottle " campaign, which cites
bottled water as the most visible example of increasing corporate control of
our water. The privatization of water for profit and the diversion
of water are no meaningful remedies for the world's serious problems of water
pollution and water misusage grievously afflicting the poor," said Don Roy,
political science professor and board member of MCWC.

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Coke, which is facing growing international pressure for draining massive
amounts of water from a number of Indian communities, is a sponsor of the
Fourth World Water Forum.

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According to the United Nations , two-thirds of the world's people won't
have access to enough water by 2025.55. BOSTON and OTTAWA , This week, hundreds of people
across North America are calling on Coca-Cola to permanently close its
bottling plant in Plachimada, India. In 2003, Coke's plant was closed to protect local people 's access to
water.
"The people of Plachimada vow to continue their struggle to keep the Coke
plant closed and to ensure their access to water," explains Polaris Institute
Executive Director Tony Clarke.
"Many people do not realize that the most popular bottled waters come from
the tap and are resold to the public at hundreds or thousands of times the
cost," said Corporate Accountability International Campaigns Director Patti
Lynn.
Passersby are asked to sample four cups of water blindfolded.

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