Government mandate labeling won't make the water safer, and it won't educate consumers on the risks. However, new bottled water labeling regulations will increase paperwork, bureaucracy, and waste money.

In her study Angela Logomasini's analyzes how misinformation about bottled water erodes consumer freedom

Over the years, the environmental lobby has advanced a considerable number of laws—leading to the passage of hundreds of environmental statutes. But the legacy does not end there; a great many of these laws require federal agencies to issue regulations on an ongoing basis. The following analysis employs several tools to assess the scope and growth of the environmental regulatory state. It shows that environmental regulations comprise a considerable size of the total federal regulatory agenda, and the impact expands annually in the absence of congressional activity.

Why would lawmakers deny firefighters bottled water? And why would churches feel the need to condemn this commodity?