Cognitive Apprehensions Regarding Drinking Water describes and compares the cognitive apprehensions regarding drinking water quality in Muncie, Indiana, USA. The comparison was between two different, educated groups using constructive-grounded theory. Eighteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with both Arab (n=9) and American (n=9) participants. Five essential themes emerged from the interview data: the sensory properties of drinking water, pollutants, health concerns, information sources, and experience. The data from this study was grounded to the epistemologies regarding drinking...