Bottled Water

The film Tapped illustrates some concrete reasons not to drink bottled water.

• Personal Health: The Bottled Water Industries self-regulate and do NOT need  to submit their water testing to the FDA, whereas public municipal water is tested daily. The plastic making up the bottles are made up of refined crude oil which have components in the benzene family (linked to cancer and birth effects). These chemicals have been found to leak into the water. Studies such those done by Dr. Frederick Vom Saal and 200 others, found that BPA, a common chemical in bottled water, “the most potent toxic chemical known to man.”
• Environmental Justice Issues: Those who live near the plastic plant have increased rates of adverse health issues. Ex. Christi Corpus, Texas- 84% higher chance of birth effects than the rest of Texas.
• Environmental Issues: production of waste (80 million bottles a day), pollution (gyres), plastics> plankton in ocean, use of crude oil (714,000 barrels of crude oil- enough to fuel 100,000 cars/ year)
• Saving Money: 40% of bottled water (including Aquafina and Dasani) is just filtered municipal tap water- save your money.