Why pick tap over bottled water?
Portugues Francais Espanol Bottled water is for the rich Bottled water is not necessarily safer or cleaner than tap water, yet it costs up to 10,000 times more. Bottled water is a choice only for those who can afford it. The rich often buy bottled water and ignore the decaying conditions of public water systems, leaving the disadvantaged to deal with their water source. Bottled water is NOT safer Approximately one-third of the bottled water brands recently tested by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) violated, in least one sample, an enforceable standard or exceeded microbiological-purity guidelines. Bottled water often carries misleading labeling Approximately 25% of bottled water is merely tap water. Rules allow manufacturers to call their product “spring water” even if it has been chemically treated. In one case in the NRDC test, water from an industrial parking lot next to a hazardous waste site was marketed as “spring water” from a pristine source. Bottling water harms t
