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Health and Fitness > Bottling Clean Drinking Water is Not Always as it Seems
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Article rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Ron Garner
You have probably heard those slogans about water being as pure as a mountain stream water or glacial water. The simple fact of the matter is that not all sources provide clean drinking water. Water is needed to sustain life. You should not have to worry that your source water is contaminated with pollutants, or chemical run off from factories and farms. Everyone should know something about safe water if they want to stay healthy.
All source water in the United States is different. Don't expect perfect water, because no water is completely pure since all water contains some impurities. Granted, the United States has safe water due to regulatory agencies that monitor public water sources. The drinking water system of towns and cities must provide the Environmental Protection Agency with a water quality report and samples of its water. Well water on private land is not regulated by the EPA or any regulatory commission.
Clean drinking water does not have to be totally tasteless to be pure. Source water picks up many of its harmless characteristics from minerals and such. Those minerals give the water its distinct flavor. People will buy mineral water in a store just for the taste that some people receive straight out of the tap. The bottled water industry has come under fire recently because it was discovered that their 'pure' water was nothing more than tap water. It has sparked an environmental debate as to whether bottled water is actually harming the environment or not.
Try drinking water from the tap or through a drinking water system designed to remove impurities. Clean drinking water can come from more than a big jug or a bottle. Scientists and researchers have proven that there is little difference between tap water and what is sold as bottled water. That bottled water may even be from a tap. Is that worth paying for now that you know it is possible they are misrepresenting their product? It definitely makes it easier to decide to pour a glass from home.
If you live in the United States, then chances are you have clean drinking water at your disposal. It may be through a drinking water system, straight from the tap or from bottled water. However, some less scrupulous companies were busted for claiming that their over priced, bottled water was from a mountain spring when in reality, it was straight out of the tap. Just do some research and you will be able to make an informed decision.
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