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The Popularity Of Bottled Water And The Negatives
As the groundwater sources are becoming more and more polluted, more people are realizing that it may not be safe to drink tap water anymore. Between this fact and the important role that water plays in keeping the body healthy, the popularity of glass bottled water has been on the rise. Bottled water companies have made huge profits by using their resources to bring us the best of the best in water quality and surprisingly, some not.
With parts of our world facing shortages everyday, this increases the worth of having purified water readily available to drink especially in a glass bottle. For example, makers of Bling H20 uses water from the English Mountain Spring located at the base of the Great Smokey Mountains.
This spring is located in Dandridge, Tennessee in the USA. Their water is in high demand and it's shipped from Tennessee to many highly populated and sought after locations in the world like Hollywood, Tokyo and London. The price of this high-end water probably wouldn't be as expensive if it were not for the "bling bling" bottle that it comes in. This product, endorsed by many elite celebs and athletes is on average $55 USD per bottle.
While the maker (Hollywood producer Kevin Boyd) of Bling H20 says that the "luxury" water has gained its popularity mostly from the flashy image (frosted glass bottle laced with real Swarovski crystals) as opposed to taste, we have to admit that the process that goes into making the water is state-of-the-art. The water is Filtered to clean up the taste by using ozone, ultraviolet and microfiltration. If you can't picture yourself drinking expensive water from a glass bottle but understand the appeal and want pure water in your life, you must be careful in choosing.
PepsiCo, the makers of Aquafina bottled water admitted in the year 2007 that their water is nothing more than water from the tap. Unfortunately, Nestle’s Pure Life and Coca-Cola’s Dasani, the world’s largest corporate water brands, are also guilty of fooling the public and making billions off of the fact that people are naive and gullible. They have marked up the price of a gallon of tap water 2,000 times and have gotten away with it. “Bottled water manufacturers are not required to disclose as much information as municipal water utilities because of gaps in federal oversight authority, according to reports released yesterday by government auditors." - Sarah Goodman (New York Times Newspaper). Something very important to remember, if the bottle says something along the lines of "from a municipal (public) source" or "from a community water system," that means it's coming right from the tap.
Plastic Bottle vs. Glass Bottle
The truth is that many people drink plastic bottled water and even worse, they sometimes reuse them. Plastic water bottles are barely safe for one-time use but to reuse them can be disastrous. Phthalates, which is a chemical that can disrupt testosterone and other hormones can make its' way into your water bottle through the plastic bottle itself, the cap or liner. Yes, there are regulatory standards that limit the presence of this chemical in tap water, but there is nothing in place to limit the amount of phthalates in bottled water. If you have to drink water from plastic bottles, you should NEVER leave it unattended in a vehicle because weather can speed up the process of developing residue. This residue can and will end up throughout the water inside and even worse, inside your body after consuming. These chemicals digested into the human body has been said to cause issues in expectant mothers, young children, male reproductive organs and rumored to have cancer-causing agents. In other words, plastic is toxic! It's true that glass water bottles may be more susceptible to breaking or shattering but there are easy workarounds to avoid that from happening. Some water bottle companies are starting to make their glass bottles wit