17-10-2016 22:31 via theguardian.com

Ontario proposes two-year ban on bottled water operations

Officials say moratorium would give province time to better understand state of groundwater supplies amid climate change threat and increasing populationThe Ontario government has proposed a two-year moratorium on the creation or expansion of bottled water operations fed by groundwater in the Canadian province, in a bid to strike a balance between a burgeoning bottled water industry, a growing population and the effects of climate change.
The province vowed to take action earlier this year after
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