The EWG hasn't a clue. Our water supply has been cited 3 times for excessive URANIUM, above 30 ug/L and EWG's only data is 3 years old so don't go by their information. Next, why doesn't the community and/or government of some assocation tell people what TO DO in such cases?

I do agree with the fact that plastic harms environment which ultimately affects the humans. As well as recent updates says, plastic bottles can be one of the reason for cancer.

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Just add Kool Aid to yo tap water it kils everything & makes your tongue a funny color for free!

Most bottled water is really tap water, it has the same stuff as tap water only in smaller quantities. Whats the bloody point!
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I drink water from my rainwater tank cause we also have a big dam and the water is pumped up the hill through the tanks and is ready! By the way bottled water is pretty bad as it contains chemicals that wash into your water and you drink it!

It takes 1/3 bottle of oil to make one platic bottle and than add the cost of transporting all those bottled wattle.

I haven't done much research but I have recently been inspired a lecture by Daniel Vitalis and a several of my friends is that tap water contains flouride which damages the thyroid gland and was first used in water by the nazi's to render their prisoners apathetic and docile. And water bottled by plastic having a similar effect. I have also heard that water from natural springs have been filtered through miles of earth is waters purest form to drink and if it has to transported then glass is.... More

why did no one say that bottled TAP water is no better than tap water at home but bottled filtered water like carbon block filtration or ozonation or reverse osmosis or distilled is really better than "to code" "filtered" water. read the label and buy the truly treated water. spring water means nothing and drinking water means nothing also. they are both just tap water in a bottle. but purified if its labelled HOW like the methods i mentioned is much much better. better yet--buy a system for ur.... More

Because most people are weak and they just react without thinking. That's why these companies are able to prey on the masses. They sell them something they can get for free(almost) in their own homes. But that requires planning. You gotta grab a reusable bottle of water before you leave the house. But before that you have to have a bottle that you would actually use over and over again. If you use a bottle and want to use it again you should make it a habit to wash it regularly. You can only.... More

They add sulphite to bottles water to improve the taste. BUT, some people are allergic to sulphite, so you might get runny eyes, orbreak out into a rash, and not know what you're allergic to!!

A lot of the above also applies to soft drinks. We are probably transporting every year billions of tons of water (plain or to which flavors have been added) when it is available right in your home on tap. That is a lot of diesel and carbon emissions.

This website offers a packaging and fossil fuel strategy that would address the problem:
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Bottled water products produce up to 1.5 million tons of plastic waste each year. We are encouraging everyone to eliminate that waste by Bringing Your Own Bottle with you to help keep our environment clean and safe. So far, Primo Water Corporation has helped prevent 302,958,580 plastic bottles from entering landfills! To join the movement and learn more about the harmful effects of plastic bottles on the environment, become a fan of B.Y.O.B. on Facebook at www.thefacebook.com/B.Y.O.B.Primo.... More

Accually my dad has owned a fare share of frogs and normaly would give them tap water. later on we figured out their life span was shortend because of this. soon he started using more clean and filterd water, our frogs lived longer, ate more, and looked alot healthier. We also had a few chameleons I beleived they died because of their sesativity to tap water chemicals.

Enter your comments hereI find this a difficult area. I prefer the taste of some bottled water and I've read that the minerals found in mineral water can otherwise be lacking in our diet. Moreover I'm not entirely sure how good the chemicals in tap water are or how safe the pipes are - there's a rumour that we have lead pipes at work. On the other hand bottled water is expensive. So I compromise. Mostly I drink tap water, especially in tea. If I want water on it's own, though I sometimes.... More

If your going to write something on bottle water get your facts right,
first of all your wrong on FDA oversight every Co. that bottles water is
under FDA Reg,s, also regulated by the EPA and dept of agriculture
and on recycling 39% consumer base waste is recycled and yes more needs to be done on the consumer side,but as far as the industry goes, recycles 100% of waste plastics and beside all this nonsense about just bottles used for water being the only thing that fills up the.... More

Man can live without food for days but not without water. It's a fact that water is very, very essential inside our body. Not just us humans, but plants and animals as well. It's simply amazing how God made water for us to survive even without food for days. Not just that, water is a very useful element in our universe with its icy properties and in fact each piece of astound has water before turning into rock anywhere and it is water alone that makes them intact by its property of glues..... More

I have tasted some pretty nasty-tasting tap water, which probably had to do with the pipes in the homes rather than the water itself, but still--nasty is nasty. In some cities, tap water just tastes nasty over all, and sometimes it isn't the safest to drink--even in the good old U.S. of A.

98 percent of the time, bottled water just tastes better, period. I have gotten a few unfortunate bottles/cartons that tasted like someone filtered it with planting soil, lol, but for hte most.... More

Okay, points on both sides, but pull your heads out people. If I turn on the tap and it smells like chlorine, not the best for your body. 2/3 of the body is water, I think the kind of water you put in is going to be important. I drink water from a deep geothermal spring, that is delicious and I don't have to worry about contaminants. This water is brought to me in a bottle, thank goodness for oil that makes the plastic to get it to my lips! Keep healthy and drink GOOD water from bottles if.... More

Tap water is not as healthy as most (Spring)bottled waters. If you need to test this theory go to your local pet store and buy 2 fish. Put fishA in a bowl with bottled spring water. Put fishB in a bowl with water from your tap. 9 times out of 10 fishB will be dead within a month.

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