| American drink an estimated 3.4 billion gallons of | | | | tap water? |
| bottled water annually, and that work out to be about | | | | Unlike tap water suppliers, bottlers need not disclose to |
| 12.7 gallons per person. It has become a convenient | | | | consumers the known contaminants in their products. |
| lifestyle of most people in the other parts of the world | | | | The printed label only tell you what they want you to |
| as well due to the convenience and it easily available | | | | know, and there is no law stating that they must tell |
| anywhere. The numbers have been increasing nearly | | | | you everything in their bottled water. |
| 10 percent a year, base on the industry finding. Bottled | | | | Out of the 103 brands, 1,000 of bottled water were |
| water includes mineral water, spring water or distilled | | | | purchased from various outlet randomly from |
| water, Reverse Osmosis water and plain tap water | | | | California, Florida, Illinois, New York, Texas and the |
| which has been filtered . Some brands even are selling | | | | District of Columbia. The good news; in the category |
| it more expensive than gasoline or petrol and that | | | | of chemical or bacterial contaminant, one-third of the |
| make us wonder, what is the difference between | | | | samples have exceeded the California standard or the |
| bottled water and tap water? | | | | industry own purity guidelines. So, it is clean bottled |
| In a quest to find out the difference between bottled | | | | water and it is a good industry standard adherence |
| water and tap water, a four-year test of 103 brands | | | | and you must be pleased to know what is the |
| of bottled water, were being carried out by the | | | | difference between bottled water and tap water. |
| environmental advocacy group Natural Resources | | | | Well just don't get too excited yet, here come the sad |
| Defense Council. One third of the tested brands | | | | news.................. |
| contained bacteria or other chemicals exceeding the | | | | - 1 out of 4 samples is found that the levels of |
| industry own guidelines or the most stringent state | | | | cancer-causing synthetic compounds such as arsenic |
| purity standards. How devastating is that? You are | | | | has exceeded the California limit, which is the most |
| drinking bottled water that is not purer nor cleaner than | | | | stringent. |
| the normal tap water! How much is the cost of | | | | - 1 out of 5 samples failed because the levels of |
| processed or filtered water and the bottle? | | | | bacteria is higher than the voluntary industry guidelines. |
| Besides of the weak federal and state enforcement, | | | | - 1 out of 5 samples contained industrial chemicals, and |
| that's no dedicated institution or law which is | | | | some samples contained arsenic, nitrates or other |
| empowered to monitor these industry. It is largely | | | | inorganic contaminants. Even the levels generally were |
| leaving the industry to self monitored and when it | | | | below state or federal standards, I seriously do not |
| comes to this, easy profit will blur the eyes of most | | | | want those harmful substances to be taken into my |
| bottled water producers. So, what's the difference | | | | body! |
| between bottled water and tap water, will inevitably | | | | According to the current monitoring bodies, bottled |
| lead to what's the difference between responsible and | | | | water is not required to be tested so frequently for |
| irresponsible manufacturers. I am not saying that all | | | | bacteria and chemical contaminants; more worryingly, it |
| bottled water are not safe to drink, the fact is at least | | | | has no requirement to be disinfected or tested for |
| 33% of the bottled water is not. It could be the | | | | parasites! |
| irresponsible conduct of some ill-hearted manufactures, | | | | Having to know the unfavorable facts about what is |
| or it could be the contamination in the production line by | | | | the difference between bottled water and tap water, |
| negligence, the iron clad truth is that some of the | | | | would you rather pay for the installation of a good |
| bottled water are no difference from the tap water. | | | | water purification system and be assured of the |
| Some might be cleaner than tap water and some | | | | quality of the water you are drinking, or you rather |
| that's dirtier, but now we as consumers, how are we | | | | continuing drinking the bottled water? |
| going to tell the difference between bottled water and | | | | |