Say NO to bottled water!

"There is no logical explanation for regular bottled water use: It costs more, offers less and pollutes our planet unforgivingly..."  -Dr. Julian Whitaker 




Watch this video and STOP drinking bottled water! It's SOOOOOO wasteful, it's terrible for the environment, and not good for your health either. Here are some bottled water facts for you.

• "In 2008, the U.S. used enough plastic water bottles to stretch around the Earth more than 190 times." http://www.filterforgood.com/facts/
• "It takes 2,000 times more energy to produce a bottle of water than it does to produce tap water." http://www.filterforgood.com/facts/
• "Tap water is actually held to more stringent quality standards than bottled water."   http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/07/reasons_to_ditch_bottled_water.php
• "Approximately 1.5 million barrels of oil—enough to run 100,000 cars for a whole year—are used to make plastic water bottles, while transporting these bottles burns even more oil."   http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/07/reasons_to_ditch_bottled_water.php
• "Nearly 90 percent of water bottles are not recycled and wind up in landfills where it takes thousands of years for the plastic to decompose."    http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/07/reasons_to_ditch_bottled_water.php
• "EWG conducted comprehensive testing on 10 brands of US bottled water and found an alarming array of contaminants, including:
  • cancer-causing byproducts of chlorination
  • fertilizer residue like nitrate and ammonia
  • industrial solvents
  • caffeine
  • pharmaceuticals like Tylenol
  • heavy metals and minerals including arsenic and radioactive isotopes
  • a broad range of other, tentatively identified industrial chemicals
  Overall the bottled water tested contained 38 chemical pollutants altogether, with an average of 8 contaminants in each brand. More than one-third of the chemicals found, are not regulated in bottled water." http://evolvingwellness.com/posts/423/bottled-water-not-worth-the-price-or-your-health/ 

Take responsibility for the environment and remember that our children and their children and so on must live on this earth long after we are gone. Buy some stainless steel water bottles and keep them full of water in you refrigerator. When you do have to use a plastic water bottle, please recycle it!