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Bottled and Sold shows how water went from being a free natural resource to one of the most successful commercial products of the last one hundred years?and why we are poorer for it. With a scientist's eye and a natural storyteller's wit, Gleick investigates whether industry claims about the relative safety, convenience, and taste of bottled versus tap hold water.