Guide to Safe Tap Water and Water Filters Drinking tap water should be safe, affordable, and taste good. Follow our guide to check your tap water quality and find the best filtration system for you. The word is out: bottled water can be bad for our wallets, our health and our environment. If you’re among … [Read more…]
Tap water is not only safe, but it’s often better than bottled water. Learn about the problems with bottled water and how to check the quality of your tap water. Why Tap Water Is Better Than Bottled Water Bottled water is not safer than tap water. In fact, more than half of all bottled water comes from the tap. … [Read more…]
Popular brands like Aquafina and Dasani source mainly from catastrophically dry parts of the West. —By Julia Lurie | Mon Aug. 11, 2014 6:00 AM EDT Bottled-water drinkers, we have a problem: there’s a good chance that your water comes from California, a state experiencing the third driest year on record. The details of where and … [Read more…]
Bottled water has become a bit of a trend – specific brands with unique shapes that tell the world a little something about you. While your bottle of water might make you appear to be a purveyor of optimal hydration, it is also a red flag that you may be exposing your body to an … [Read more…]
Bottled water found to contain over 24,000 chemicals (NaturalNews) Widespread consumer demand for plastic products that are free of the hormone-disrupting chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) has led to some significant positive changes in the way that food, beverage and water containers are manufactured. But a new study out of Germany has found that thousands of other … [Read more…]
The bottled water industry has generated demand for its product through marketing, persuading Americans that bottled water is purer and healthier than tap water, even though the U.S. federal government requires more rigorous safety monitoring of municipal tap water than it does of bottled water. Take Back the Tap Factsheet by Food and Water Watch Take Back the … [Read more…]
America’s National Wonder: Plastic!? Bottled water corporations are using our parks as a billboard and concession stand for a product that is anything but environmentally friendly. Tell the U.S. National Park Service to tell the bottled water industry to take a hike! By selling and promoting bottled water in our national parks, the bottled water … [Read more…]
Plastic Water Bottles Causing Flood of Harm to Our Environment Author: Norm SchrieverAuthor, humorist, cultural mad scientist, and enemy of the comfort zone. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ I remember the first time I saw a bottle of water for sale, thinking it was the most ridiculous thing I’d ever encountered. Who the heck would actually PAY to drink … [Read more…]
Bottled Water: How It Costs You And The Environment More Than You Think For many years, bottled water has been considered safe and convenient. Primarily because bottled water companies have falsely claimed their product is better for consumers because it’s either purified or natural spring water, when it is merely tap water. It’s uneconomical and … [Read more…]
Top Five Worst So-Called “Health” Foods When choosing items labeled as “healthy” we need to be very careful. Many corporations have caught onto the fact that more and more consumers are seeking healthier options, and have tailored their marketing towards this end. The following are five of the worst foods that are labeled as, and … [Read more…]
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Bottled Water Versus Filtered Water – Which Is the Best Option? Water is something that everyone needs to consume in order to stay healthy and happy. Seeing to it that you get your doctor-recommended eight glasses of water per day keeps your metabolism high, your mental processes sharp, and your skin in good condition. It’s … [Read more…]
Bottled Water – The New Great Pollutant Environmental groups across the globe have been sounding the alarm for several years now regarding the health and environmental dangers of the popular bottled water trend. The environmental danger is in both the manufacture and disposal of billions of water bottles and the fact that plastic bottles make … [Read more…]
A new study from Harvard School of Public Health and published in the journal Environmental Health found that commonly-found toxins in plastics are linked to both general obesity and abdominal obesity. Known as Bisphenol A or BPA for short, these hormone disruptors have been primarily found in plastic, including plastic food and beverage packaging. Harvard … [Read more…]
Fluoride-free bottled water is harming children, they claim! (NaturalNews) The mainstream media is at it again, lying to the public about fluoride. This time, the culprit is HealthDay, a “canned news” service that spits out lies and disinformation to be published by subscribing websites. Recently, HealthDay put out a story by author Alan Mozes claiming … [Read more…]
10 Reasons To Drink Tap Water – Tapit There are many reasons to skip bottled water and head straight to the tap. We have summed what we thought were the top 10 in one simple infographic. If this doesn’t convince you, maybe nothing will. Be sure to pass this along to those who might not … [Read more…]
Unless you’ve been living, well, in a well, you know that bottled water is OUT for a number of reasons (BPA in the plastic, too much plastic as it is, fossil fuels burned in transport, to name three). Fracking, fluoride, chlorine and toxic pollutants make our tap water a frightful slurry most lips find no … [Read more…]
By Catherine Clarke Fox If your family is like many in the United States, unloading the week’s groceries includes hauling a case or two of bottled water into your home. On your way to a soccer game or activity, it’s easy to grab a cold one right out of the fridge, right? But all those … [Read more…]
People often claim the reasons they buy bottled water is because of convenience, supposed health benefits, and better taste. Yet, a majority of consumers cannot identify any valid reasons as to why they choose bottled water over a reusable bottle. In a way, you could assert that filling up a reusable water bottle for the … [Read more…]
Students Demonstrate That Anyone Can Take Back the Tap Elizabeth Klein from University of Cincinnati was announced as the winner of our I Heart Tap Water video contest with her stop-motion animation video. Klein’s video and other finalist videos fulfilled the following requirements: a declaration of love for tap water, some discussion about bottled water … [Read more…]