Bottled Water Risks:
Are You Drinking This Toxic Rip Off?
Bottled water risks include more than just draining your bank account.
You see, those single-use bottles found in supermarkets, gas stations
& gyms across the country are what I like to call “toxic rip-offs.”
Why? Because you’re paying way more for a product that contains harmful compounds.
A recent study found that a single bottle of bottle water
contained nearly 25,000 chemicals. More on that later.
And to be clear, I’m not talking about that hard plastic,
reusable water bottles know for their BPA toxic effects.
I’m referring to the ones people use once then either recycle or toss in the garbage.
It’s time we explore how expensive, unhealthy and unsustainable bottled water is,
along with some very harmful side effects of the bottled water industry.
The latest? In widespread testing, a whopping 93 percent of bottled water
samples tested were contaminated with tiny pieces of plastic.
The study found an average of 10 total plastic particles
& plastic fibers per liter; that’s twice the plastic level found in tap water.
Some of the most popular brands were contaminated this is widespread.
A small amount of the plastic fragments tested positive for industrial lubricants,
but researchers say there’s evidence that at least some of the tiny plastic pieces
found in the water come from the packaging itself
perhaps the caps because polypropylene plastic bits turned up
in more than half the bottled water samples tested.
But the bigger issue is that plastic contamination from single-use plastics
is widespread and out of control.
We’ve got to end our addiction to plastic.
Now, some people are relying on bottled water to survive.
Whose drinking water is contaminated from ever more common flooding,
lead contaminated, outdated infrastructure, fracking chemicals or pipeline spills,
IT is safe to say that most people are drinking bottled water
are doing it out of convenience rather than necessity.
Ironically, natural gas is used to make many plastics,
and when families’ wells become contaminated from the dangers of fracking,
they’re often forced to use bottled water to survive.
You see, those single-use bottles found in supermarkets, gas stations
& gyms across the country are what I like to call “toxic rip-offs.”
Why? Because you’re paying way more for a product that contains harmful compounds.
A recent study found that a single bottle of bottle water
contained nearly 25,000 chemicals. More on that later.
And to be clear, I’m not talking about that hard plastic,
reusable water bottles know for their BPA toxic effects.
I’m referring to the ones people use once then either recycle or toss in the garbage.
It’s time we explore how expensive, unhealthy and unsustainable bottled water is,
along with some very harmful side effects of the bottled water industry.
The latest? In widespread testing, a whopping 93 percent of bottled water
samples tested were contaminated with tiny pieces of plastic.
The study found an average of 10 total plastic particles
& plastic fibers per liter; that’s twice the plastic level found in tap water.
Some of the most popular brands were contaminated this is widespread.
A small amount of the plastic fragments tested positive for industrial lubricants,
but researchers say there’s evidence that at least some of the tiny plastic pieces
found in the water come from the packaging itself
perhaps the caps because polypropylene plastic bits turned up
in more than half the bottled water samples tested.
But the bigger issue is that plastic contamination from single-use plastics
is widespread and out of control.
We’ve got to end our addiction to plastic.
Now, some people are relying on bottled water to survive.
Whose drinking water is contaminated from ever more common flooding,
lead contaminated, outdated infrastructure, fracking chemicals or pipeline spills,
IT is safe to say that most people are drinking bottled water
are doing it out of convenience rather than necessity.
Ironically, natural gas is used to make many plastics,
and when families’ wells become contaminated from the dangers of fracking,
they’re often forced to use bottled water to survive.