This week for BuzzFeed News, John Lingan dives deep into the $360 billion bottled water industry. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.
What Does the World's Most Perfect Water Taste Like? — BuzzFeed News
For 25 years, the self-proclaimed "Oscars of Water" have been held in the tiny West Virginia town of Berkeley Springs. At a pivotal moment when the bottled water industry is booming but the national narrative is all about drought and environmental ruin, the stakes for perfecting the taste of nothingness have never been higher. Read it at BuzzFeed News.
Photograph by Jon Premosch for BuzzFeed News
The Death Treatment — The New Yorker
Rachel Aviv travels to Belgium, where euthanasia is legal not only for those with terminal illnesses, but psychological ones as well. Does the law represent a progressive step toward allowing death with dignity, or is it sanctioning suicide in cases where it could be avoided? Read it at The New Yorker.
Photograph Courtesy of Tom Mortier for The New Yorker
In an Unmarked Grave, a Baby's Untold Story — BuzzFeed News
A 2-month-old infant girl died while she was in the care of America’s largest for-profit foster care company. Aram Roston uncovers how, in the aftermath, state officials tried to keep details of her death secret. Read it at BuzzFeed News.
Photograph by Kieran Kesner for BuzzFeed News
The Child Preachers of Brazil — The New York Times Magazine
Samantha M. Shapiro meets Brazil's youngest — yet startlingly influential — evangelists. "Alani’s parents say she performed her first miracle at 51 days old...'By the time she could speak, she could preach, and she was already being seen as a miracle worker.'" Read it at The New York Times Magazine.
Photograph by Sebastián Liste/Noor Images for The New York Times
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