Is the Water You are Drinking Safe?

Did you Know...

  • We pitch into landfills 38 billion water bottles a year -- in excess of $1 billion worth of plastic.
  • 24% of the bottled water we buy is tap water repackaged by Coke and Pepsi
  • Americans spent more money last year on bottled water than on ipods or movie tickets: $15 Billion.
  • In the United States, bottled water costs between $0.25 and $2 per bottle while tap water costs less than a penny.
Is your water safe?
  • Municipal water falls under the purview of the Environmental Protection Agency, and is regularly inspected for bacteria and toxic chemicals. Want to know how your community scores? Check out the Environmental Working Group’s National Tap Water Database.
  • Bottled water is widely considered to be a purer choice than tap water, but a new investigation finds that this isn't always the case.
  • In its test of 10 best-selling brands of bottled water, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found mixtures of 38 different pollutants including bacteria, fertilizer, and industrial chemicals in some of the tested brands at levels that were similar to tap water.
  • The water samples tested for EWG at a University of Iowa water quality laboratory revealed that 10 widely sold brands of bottled water, purchased in nine states and the District of Columbia, contained an average of eight chemical contaminants in each brand.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Very important topic and great information. EWG.org has great content and is one of my favorite websites. Keep spreading the word!