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Constructing Purity: Bottled Water and the Commodification of Nature
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“The industry took advantage of these events to spread doubt about public water safety while stressing the purity of its bottled products.”
From Bottled Water: An Evidence-Based Overview of Economic Viability, Environmental Impact, and Social Equity (2023) · cites this paper as [14]
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“Opel [14] describes a climate of distrust of public water supplies driven by several water contamination incidents.”
From Bottled Water: An Evidence-Based Overview of Economic Viability, Environmental Impact, and Social Equity (2023) · cites this paper as [14]
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Metadata
- Authors
- Opel, A.
- Affiliations
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Corresponding author
- Opel, Andy
- ORCID
- Opel, Andy
- Venue
- Journal of American Culture
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1999-12
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 67-76
- ISSN
- 0191-1813 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2118763509
- Cited by
- 66
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 2.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of American Culture (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › American Environmental and Regional History
- Keywords
- bottled water, commodification of nature, purity, consumerism, nature and industry
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