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Massachusetts Town Bans Sale of All Bottled Water

HeadlineMay 12, 2010

The town of Concord, Massachusetts has become the first town in the United States to ban the sale of all bottled water. The ban was spearheaded by the eighty-two-year-old activist Jean Hill. She told the Boston Globe, “All these discarded bottles are damaging our planet, causing clumps of garbage in the oceans that hurt fish, and are creating more pollution on our streets.”

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