Comments on: The Fairytale of “Organic” Water

By: Dr. Water

Dr. Water — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:20:56 +0000

As referenced above by Mike maybe the “organic water” label could be actually referring to the organics that are leaching into the water from the plastic bottles (i.e., a little something extra for the consumer). Then we would truly have truth in advertising.

By: Rob Feckler

Rob Feckler — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:38:47 +0000

Clean bottled water should and must be treated. Potability is the issue here. There’s no such thing as spring/mineral water because, once it’s bottled, it’s not pure anymore.

By: mike

mike — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:50:01 +0000

not to mention that the “organic water” sits in bottles for months and absorbs the VOCs from the plastics (as bottled water bottles do not use food-grade plastics – the non leeching type)

By: Dr. Water

Dr. Water — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:33:52 +0000

Again, we have a company marketing/preying on the vanity, gullibility, and lack of knowledge of the public in an effort to distinguish itself in a saturated market: vitamin water, electrolyte water, fruit flavored water, imported water, oxygenated water, fluoridated water, bling water, advanced hydrated water, protein water, ultra purified water, holy water, etc. What next…. dehydrated water? They are jumping on the “organic” bandwagon. (If it is bottled water, it must be good. If it is “organic” then it must be better, which justifies the over inflated price). They are not only muddying the water, they will probably sell that, also. Oooppps, they do sell it. http://www.finewaters.com/Bottled_Water/index.asp

By: BlueGranola.com

BlueGranola.com — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:54:48 +0000

I completely agree. This is one of the most absurd marketing schemes I’ve ever seen. I wrote a post on my eco-blog about organic water, check it out: http://www.BlueGranola.com

By: Benjamin Preston

Benjamin Preston — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:04:16 +0000

That may be true, Mr. McCormack, but the USDA explicitly states in its product labeling requirements that “water and salt included as ingredients must not be identified as organic.”

http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5078591

By: Tim McCormack

Tim McCormack — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:49:49 +0000

I agree that it’s pretty shady marketing, but please don’t conflate these two meanings of “organic” just to bash a stupid idea.

Pesticide-covered cucumbers contain [chemically] organic compounds, but that does not make them [agriculturally] organic. Likewise, [agriculturally] “organic water” need not contain [chemically] organic compounds.

It’s dumb enough without muddying the water.