An October, 2008, analysis of bottled water showed many chemical contaminants in each brand analyzed at levels no different from those in tap water.
The study, conducted by the Environmental Working Group, a Washington, DC, activist group, looked at 10 bottled water brands purchased in nine states and the District of Columbia. It found 38 chemical pollutants altogether, with an average of 8 contaminants in each brand. Four brands were also contaminated with bacteria.(http://www.ewg.org/reports/bottledwater)
Two of the brands, Walmart's and Giant's store brands, were chemically indistinguishable from tap water, containing chlorine disinfectant byproducts. Giant's brand also contained fluoride. These levels of chlorine byproducts exceeded the safety standards set by the bottled water industry and the state of California.
The tests, conducted at the University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory, revealed a variety of pollutants like caffeine and Tylenol, arsenic, radioactive isotopes, fertilizer residues nitrate and ammonia, and various other chemicals used as solvents, plasticizers, propellants, and so on.
Researchers added a test, to check the possible carcinogenic effect of estrogen-mimicking chemicals in the plastic bottles themselves. Breast-cancer cells in petri dishes flourished in one case, growing 78 percent more with one of the bottled water brands than with the control.
Americans are drinking more than nine billion gallons of bottled water yearly, at a typical cost of $3.79 per gallon. But this study shows, and the EPA points out, "Bottled water is not necessarily safer than your tap water (www.epa.gov/ogwdw/faq/faq.html). That's because the EPA sets tap water standards, and the FDA sets bottled water standards based on the EPA's tap water standards.
You can make a wise decision by spending just 8 cents per gallon on a home water filter, which you can install at your kitchen sink. It can provide you with clean pure water, which you can put in safe containers of your choice. - 15343
The study, conducted by the Environmental Working Group, a Washington, DC, activist group, looked at 10 bottled water brands purchased in nine states and the District of Columbia. It found 38 chemical pollutants altogether, with an average of 8 contaminants in each brand. Four brands were also contaminated with bacteria.(http://www.ewg.org/reports/bottledwater)
Two of the brands, Walmart's and Giant's store brands, were chemically indistinguishable from tap water, containing chlorine disinfectant byproducts. Giant's brand also contained fluoride. These levels of chlorine byproducts exceeded the safety standards set by the bottled water industry and the state of California.
The tests, conducted at the University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory, revealed a variety of pollutants like caffeine and Tylenol, arsenic, radioactive isotopes, fertilizer residues nitrate and ammonia, and various other chemicals used as solvents, plasticizers, propellants, and so on.
Researchers added a test, to check the possible carcinogenic effect of estrogen-mimicking chemicals in the plastic bottles themselves. Breast-cancer cells in petri dishes flourished in one case, growing 78 percent more with one of the bottled water brands than with the control.
Americans are drinking more than nine billion gallons of bottled water yearly, at a typical cost of $3.79 per gallon. But this study shows, and the EPA points out, "Bottled water is not necessarily safer than your tap water (www.epa.gov/ogwdw/faq/faq.html). That's because the EPA sets tap water standards, and the FDA sets bottled water standards based on the EPA's tap water standards.
You can make a wise decision by spending just 8 cents per gallon on a home water filter, which you can install at your kitchen sink. It can provide you with clean pure water, which you can put in safe containers of your choice. - 15343
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