The Truth About Fiji Water

Fiji Water is America's leading imported bottled water. Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Diddy, even President Obama are happy customers. But would they be if they knew the truth about Fiji Water?

Read Anna Lenzer's full report, "Fiji Water: Spin the Bottle", at Mother Jones--
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/09/fiji-spin-bottle

Produced by Matthew Filipowicz for The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute.
http://nationinstitute.org/ifunds

The Investigative Fund also provided support for Anna Lenzer's original reporting on Fiji Water.

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News & Politics

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• fiji water
• paris hilton
• p diddy
• barack obama
• lindsay lohan
• bottled
• mother jones
• nation institute
• filipowicz

[aewald1]

I am not going to lose any sleep over how many puppies, kittens and trees my one bottle of Fiji water killed to make. I like the water so I am going to keep drinking it.

[jayisjewel]

bullshit. Fijians love the fact that Fiji water is represented around the world. We feel famous. And Fiji does not have droughts. Shut your fucking mouth,motherfucker.

[neil54life]

well im fijian canadian from vancouver bc was born here and my parents born in fiji what these guys say is just to start crap there has never been drought in that country guy must be chasing the dragon with his crackpipe

[HHoneyBro]

grown men hating on a water company..wow

[timramich]

@aewald1 I think both of you could use some time going back to school so you can learn to spell and use proper grammar.

[timramich]

@mellado36 Not all plastics contain BPA. The Fiji bottles don't have any.

[mellado36]

Research shows, plastic is made from Crude oil. Bisphenol-a (BPA) is used in many plastic bottles, and studies show trace amounts of BPA leaches into the water contained inside.In animal studies, BPA might be connected to certain types of cancers and poor brain development in children. It can cause all sorts of health problems ranging from infertility and obesity to several types of cancer. Drinking water may be safe, plastic water bottles are not.

[plasticspine]

lol these are all reasons i do drinknonly fijin capitalism ftw !!

[taritrott]

This video tries to make you feel guilty because you love the taste of Fiji and that is is clean and refreshing. I don't care about how much plastic it takes to make it... you'll notice that in all of the criticism, no one has said anything is wrong with the SAFETY and QUALITY of the product and that's a good thing.

[Meimei196]

ummm drought? i live in fiji and i'm typing this in the middle of a thunderstorm. fiji isn't a remote island of villages were a lot more modern then most places i know and we definitely have access to fresh water.

[StelfoxAlice]

Have you been to Fiji? I went during the "dry season", drought my arse. And you could buy Fiji water everywhere and it was only like $3 for a massive bottle which is like £1. Yes some islands don't get bottled water but they don't need it as they have their own supply coming from the mountains in the form of rivers, trust me I drank that water for 6 weeks it was fine, no diseases. Plus I'm sure Fiji water supplies many jobs.

[LendMeYourHand]

@aewald1 I dont care how much training youve had. I was raised by 2 military men, have been in over 15 fights. I have PTSD from child abuse & i'm a loose cannon. I have been in a fight with a golden glove, blackbelt & military. So you dont know what your talkin about. You wanna threaten me, BRING IT!!! Otherwise you better take your threat back. You dont threaten me you peice of shit.