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| Bottled Water Vs Tap Water-The Best Water Source Will Shock You |
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| Written by David Eastham | |
| Wednesday, 19 November 2008 | |
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We are first going to let the experts weigh in with their opinions concerning tap water and bottled water, and then we are going to see what we can conclude. Finally, we will make our choice for the best way of getting good, healthy water.
We are first going to let the experts weigh in with their opinions concerning tap water and bottled water, and then we are going to see what we can conclude. Finally, we will make our choice for the best way of getting good, healthy water. Okay, let the first salvo in the water wars be fired at tap water...there are those who believe it is not safe to drink. This is what the water gurus are saying. What's your opinion? 1. "Each day, millions of Americans turn on their taps and get water that exceeds the legal limit for dangerous contaminants." This was a quote from a special report from USA Today titled, "How Safe Is Your Water?" 2. "Cancer risk among people drinking chlorinated water is as much as 93% higher than among those whose water does not contain chlorine." U.S. Council of Environmental Quality 3. "U.S. drinking water contains more than 2,100 toxic chemicals that can cause cancer." Ralph Nader Research Group 4. The Environmental Working Group, stated in their report, "Weed Killers by the Glass", that "Weed killers were found in the tap water of 28 out of 29 cities tested." 5. Some very good reporting on water contamination over the years has come from the Associated Press and they reported recently on their investigation that showed at least forty-one million Americans had a large assortment of pharmaceutical drugs in their drinking water. What did they find? Here are just a few: medicines for infections, pain, chemotherapy treatment, heart disease, asthma, and high cholesterol, plus antibiotics and sex hormones. My first thought when I read some of these reports was, "I hope they don't start charging us a drug delivery fee". Now, it is bottled water's turn. 1. The World Wildlife Fund commissioned a university study that showed the only clear difference between some bottled water and tap water was, "...it is distributed in bottles rather than pipes." 2. Stephen Kay, as spokesman for the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA), said, "Bottled water standards in the United States are at least as protective as those for tap water." (That's comforting!) 3. The EPA sets the standards for tap water and the FDA sets them for bottled water. Since the EPA has the stricter regulations, this statement from Jon Coifman makes sense, "Bottled water is not tested as throughly or as frequently as tap water." 4. The university study mentioned above also stated, "Toxic chemicals can be released into the environment during the manufacture and disposal of bottles," and they went on to mention that 1.5 million TONS of plastic are used annually to bottle the water. 5. From what we have seen of the bottled water industry we realize that not all suppliers filter the tap water they bottle. The bottlers that do filter often use systems that demineralize the water, leaving it slightly acidic. Many in the medical community do not believe such water is safe to drink on a long-term basis since: (a) The acidic water we drink will try to return to a neutral state by pulling calcuim from our cells, bones or teeth, and... (b) When body fluids become more acid than alkaline the production of free radicals increases, causing an increased risk of cancer. I took a break from writing this report today and went to the store to find the cheapest bottled water I could. It came in at about $5.00 a gallon, much worse than gasoline. And the bottlers didn't have to acquire oil leases, find the oil, drill for it, get it to a refinery, refine it, etc. Not too shabby for the plastic packers! From this article alone you've seen how destructive tap water is for our health, and we have seen that bottled water's regulations are even more lax. Twenty five percent of their bottlers do take water right from the tap according to the IBWA. So, what can we conclude? 1. We can surely say tap water is a real threat to our health and that bottle water is "chancy", to say the least, due to lack of oversight. 2. In addition, landfills are facing an environmental nighhtmare from the plastic bottles, bottled water is very costly, and the acidic ones are considered to be harmful. We would be at an impass at this point if these two were our only options. In that case we would have no way to win in the water wars. Fortunately, bottled and tap are not the only choices and a far better solution is to bottle our own water, in reusable bottles, with the use of home water filtration units. About the Author: David Eastham has done exhaustive research on such things as bottled water regulations to find the best way to provide good, clean drinking water. Follow him to see his picks for the best dollar for dollar buys, and the best products overall, in water filtration technology. |
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