Question

A 2019 Washington Post column branded one company that only sells this non-tobacco product as “toxic masculinity run rampant;” since 2022, that company has been this (-5[1])product’s fastest-growing brand. (-5[2])A company selling this product funded US Forest Service projects in exchange for lower permit fees. One of that company’s subsidiaries was sold as Blue Triton in 2021, after its former CEO labeled this product a grocery rather than a right. (-5[1])The authors of a (10[1])2024 PNAS paper identified over 100,000 nanoplastics per liter in samples of this product compared to a widely-available home alternative. (10[1])For 10 points, name this beverage marketed under brands such as Liquid Death (10[1]-5[1])and (10[2])Perrier. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%33%99.78
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%50%96.13
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%33%92.17
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY11100%0%27%80.64
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY989%0%33%80.38
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY580%0%40%94.75
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%63%101.50
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%56%96.44

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ezra Greenhill (DII)Bard A (UG)Rutgers B25-5
Magnolia Schnirman Barria (UG)NYU A (UG)Penn A (DII)28-5
Nolan Keating (DII)Lehigh B (DII)Rowan A (DII)28-5
Ben Spirtas (DII)Maryland B (DII)NYU B69-5
Emma Victoria Byron (DII)Rutgers A (UG)Fordham A7310
Nishna Makala (DII)Maryland A (DII)Penn B (DII)9310
Andrew YangColumbia BColumbia J (DII)10610
Lucas Shedlock (UG)Princeton A (UG)Lehigh A (UG)106-5
Steven McPhillimey (UG)Lehigh A (UG)Princeton A (UG)10710
Sam Millenbach (DII)Rowan A (DII)Lehigh B (DII)10710
Ethan Furman (DII)Penn A (DII)NYU A (UG)10810
Alex Lin (DII)Rutgers BBard A (UG)10910
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BMaryland B (DII)10910