5 Reasons Not to Drink Bottled Water

The recommended eight glasses of water a day, at U.S. tap rates equals about $.49 per year; that same amount of bottled water is about $1,400.
It takes 17 million barrels of oil per year to make all the plastic water bottles used in the U.S. alone. That's enough oil to fuel 1.3 million cars for a year.
In 2007, Americans consumed over 50 billion single serve bottles of water; between 30 and 40 million single serve bottles went into landfills each year.
Antimony, which is found in PET plastic bottles, in small doses can cause dizziness and depression; in larger doses it can cause nausea, vomiting and death.

Date: September 22nd, 2009 | Author: Jo Henson
Posted in Articles, Take Action

Here is a great starting list of reasons why bottled water isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. water bottle refuse

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Tomás Bosque says:

September 23, 2009 at 9:11 am

Great advice! I’ve read recently about the corporatization of public water and the fact that large corporations are essentially forcing people to pay for their water. This is outrageous!
Wil says:

October 27, 2009 at 6:53 am

I can’t believe that. Water should be free, like air. What are we paying for? The container?
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November 17, 2009 at 5:28 pm

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