Reasons To Stop Drinking Bottled Water : This time, it has come down to a battle between tap water and mineral water, or also known as bottled water. By comparison, which one is better? Is bottled water a healthier choice? First, we should learn and understand that both tap and mineral water have their pros and cons. However, several studies have proven that tap water is 47% safer and healthier to consume compared to bottled water. So what are the reasons behind this? HNBT will be sharing with you the dangers and consequences of drinking bottled water.
6 Reasons To Stop Drinking Bottled Water/ Mineral Water
- They contain toxins.
Yes they do. The water is stored in a plastic bottled, which can be very hazardous to our health. As we know, most bottled water companies are using BPA-free plastic ( BPA means Bisphenol A, a synthetic chemical used in plastic materials). But what we don’t know is that these bottles contain few other chemicals that can flow out when exposed to heat, or remain unopened for a long time.
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It is pretty impossible to recycle all of those used plastic bottles. They are just too many, they are everywhere you go. Neither are they biodegradable. Even with recycling efforts, it is said that 6 out of 7 plastic bottles consumed in US are sent somewhere far and out of sight. In turn, the chemicals from the bottles might get into soils and watersheds, making them toxic and hazardous.
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Well of course, all mineral bottles display the earthiest images on their bottle labels. But that does not mean the water they contain comes from groundwater sources. Did you know that 35% of the mineral bottles are sourced from the tap? They filter with ultraviolet light before selling it to you (such as Dasani and Aquafina). This means they are at several thousand times the cost of municipal tap water.
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Th production of the plastic bottles to meet our demand for bottled water requires about 17.6 million barrels of oil, not inclusive of transportation costs. That equals the amount of oil that is capable of fueling more than one million of of vehicles each year. Now that’s a lot of oil wastage!
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It’s waste of water too. It can take nearly 7 times of the amount of water in the bottle to actually make the bottle. Just for one bottle. You can imagine the amount of water we’re wasting yourself. That’s a lot, don’t you think?
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If it is sourced from the same municipal tap water, do you think it is worth paying extra for bottled water? An ounce of bottled water costs you about 5 cents. While most municipal water cost 5 cents per GALLON (even gasoline costs less when compared to bottled water in ounces). At the end of the day, it is just a filtered tap water. Now do you think it is worth?
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But however, HNBT encourages you to always check the label of your bottled water before buying it. Check its pH ( it should be 7), TDS, mineral contents, its source and how is it processed.
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Joe
I can actually detect a taste of plastic on some bottled waters
ashutosh
It happens with low-grade water bottles. This is a common problem in underdeveloped countries. Companies do not think about quality of water bottles, forget about water itself.
fun
Yeah, sometimes plastic pieces came to my mouth..
once what happened is, the whole bottle has full of liquid plastic and few drops of water…
ashutosh
That is disgusting. These water bottle packaging companies should not do it. As I told before in my comments that these type of things happens in Underdeveloped countries which worsen the effects of bottled water on people. I hope you are not drinking it any more.
One Water Malaysia
It is true the taste depends on the plastic from the bottle.
Briana Browne
And this are definitely the reasons why I’ve switched to stainless steel water bottles. They are more convenient than those drinking bottles made from plastic, plus, they are also safer from toxic contamination.
Rick
My family switched to using glass. It does not leech chemicals or metal like stainless or plastic