Why You Don’t Need Bottled Water

Bottled water is no different than any other kind of water we use everyday but apparently, that fact didn’t stop people from buying the bottled kind. Every year, people have been buying bottled water in billions worldwide; in fact, manufacturers are still multiplying in numbers just to accommodate this apparent thirst for bottled water.

What started this craze is the notion that tap water is not safe for drinking hence the need to somehow sterilize it to kill everything that is harmful in there. Manufacturers quickly saw this opportunity and came up with the “safe” kind contained in a plastic bottle; to further make this statement clear, they sealed it for the “consumers’ safety”. However, environmentalists believe that it is only done for creating an illusion of safety; just think about all existing advertisements of clear, safe drinking water—this is the power of suggestion at work.

While manufacturers strongly insist that theirs are clean as compared to regular tap water and they are regulated by FDA, a whole lot of them escape the good agency’s watchful eye. Furthermore, it was thought that tap water is much more regulated since the water is treated at just one controlled facility under strict supervision which receives regular inspection from regulating bodies.

Not only that, bottled water never conforms with sustainable living principle. These bottles are disposable; they can never be used again and again since they are designed to be dumped after the water is consumed. With that said and considering the sheer volume of manufacturers and consumers worldwide, it’s not hard to imagine why there is an existing problem with plastic waste now. Some of these bottles even find their way to larger bodies of water endangering marine life.

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