Most people already know that using tap water is better for the Earth since the use of plastic is minimal. Nonetheless most people don’t know about the health benefits of drinking bottled water instead of tap water. One of the pros of drinking bottled water is the minerals, vitamins, and flavors added to the water for taste. Not only does bottled water benefit your health, but as well as used for emergency cases such as hurricanes, earthquakes, or tornadoes, bottled water serves as a much more convenient way to store and keep water. Source A shows how drinking bottled water can sometimes be harmful, it says, “but scientists say when stored in hot or warm temperatures, the plastic may leach chemicals into the water.” (Source A) The
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Bottled water has become a controversial topic as of late. There are always two sides to every argument, some think that bottled water is beneficial to society, whereas some people think that it is detrimental to society as a whole. Bottled water is detrimental to society because it costs the country an abundance of money. It is also harmful to society because it is damaging to the environment. A lack of sanitation in bottled water has also been connected to illnesses among people who drink it. Bottled water is in no way shape or form worth the price that one will spend financially, nor is it worth the gamble of becoming sick from all the harsh chemicals that come from the bottle itself.
In most cases bottled water is what everyone goes for. For a person that is constantly on the go and is always busy, bottled water is the way to go. Water is such an important source and this article, “BOTTLE WATER VS. TAP WATER” would agree with me when it states, “Bottled water is also an alternative to less-healthy sugary packaged beverages when consumers want to eliminate or moderate calories, caffeine, sugar, artificial flavors or colors,
Bottled water is often more available. For example, when going on vacation and having to drive over ten hours, tap water is not available in the car. A few families bring a cooler with bottled water in them so that they can have water available to everyone when they want a drink. To get their bottled water, they
Sparkling water is water that after being treated gets the same amount of carbon dioxide put back into as it originally had. Last but not least is well water. This is water from an aquifer that had a hole drilled in the ground to get to it (Ferrier, 2001). With all these different types of bottled water do you know which one you are consuming? Are you reading your labels? If you are reading the labels, would you have any idea what the difference was between these different types of bottled waters? I think that the majority of the bottled water drinkers in the United States just buy the bottled water for the brand name on the front.
I have always found it sort of curious when I see people buying bottled water. My grandfather told me that when he was a boy they drank water from the hose and it was free. I know growing up our household certainly didn’t bother with things like that, so facet water is what we got as well. The costs of groceries these days is expensive, spending extra money on water always seemed like such a waste to me. Now, that being said, some people live in areas where the water isn’t very clean, and buying bottled water is much safer than drinking the city’s water. Also, bottled water has become more popular because it is paired as a service; Bottled water is easy to grab on the go. It takes more time to find a water bottle, with a lid, and fill it up than to grab an already bottled water.
Most bottled waters come from factory, where the waters is treated, packaged into chemically produced bottles, and then sold to us. Millions of people are amazed to the fact that they’re drinking water combined with chemicals. Tap water and bottled water are essentially the same water. Despite in some areas tap water may be polluted depending on the area in which you live. Although you may think bottled water is more suitable for you to drink, you’re wrong.
It reduces the likelihood of bottles being thrown around, which causes danger to our surroundings. "Many more bottles end up in landfill where they slowly degrade, leeching their chemicals into the soil" ("Tap Water or Bottled Water"). Most bottles people drink out of don't get recycled, they become harmful to our environment. Each person that stops drinking bottled water, helps benefit the environment just a little more.
Maybe because it's more convenient, and you can carry it around with you. It also can be because it's safer in some cases, or its is just that people prefer it better than tap. Most people prefer bottled over tap because it is more convenient. When someone is going out for a run they usually take a water bottle for easy use and are they are able to carry it around while they are exercising. Most kids
Op-ed New York Times contributor Tom Standage 's article“Bad to the Last Drop” has stated that people spend too much money on buying bottled water. What they don 't know is the difference between bottled and tap water. People buy bottled water because they think it 's safer to drink. What they don’t know is that bottled water is bad for the environment. Bottled water manufacturers begin by putting the water into plastic bottles which then is shipped from one part of the world to another and then kept refrigerated before they sell it. Not only that, but people around the world are lacking safe drinkable water and are dying of water-borne diseases. Bottled water is a problem and people should stop spending money on such an unnecessary product. Instead, they should give that money to water charities. Standage effectively argues that bottled water is not good for the environment nor for the people.
In the online article, “How does Pollution Affect Humans” by The World Counts, “Breathing polluted air puts you at a higher risk for asthma and other respiratory diseases. When exposed to ground ozone for 6 to 7 hours, scientific evidence shows that healthy people’s lungs function decreased and they suffered from respiratory inflammation” (The World Counts par. 4 ). THose are just some of the health problems that pollution causes This information matters to me because it shows that bottled water not only affects the Earth by causing pollution, but that pollution also causes health problems. Not only does it affect the Earth by causing pollution, but bottled water can directly affect you. According to the online article “Bottled Water vs. Tap Water: Rethink What You Drink” by Priscilla Torres, “The EPA regulates tap water, while the FDA oversees bottled. Yet FDA oversight doesn’t apply to water packaged and sold within the same state, leaving some 60 to 70 percent of bottled water, including the contents of watercooler jugs, free of FDA regulation” (Torres pg. 2 par.5). This matters to me because it means if every student in the Natomas district drank from bottled water, some of their water might contain chemicals because it wasn’t checked. Chemicals are definitely a threat because Torres continues to say, “Scientists in Germany found that the longer a bottle of water sits around (in a store, in your home), the more antimony it develops. High concentrations of antimony can cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea”(Torres pg. 3 par. 7). This information is important because it shows that just keeping water bottles for a long period of time can cause many health problems. If every student had to drink bottled water, they would constantly be getting sick and spreading their sickness to other students. So, bottled water causes many health problems, through pollution, and because there may be
Drinking water that is packaged in plastic bottles has more wasteful and harmful than drinking water from the tap. Water bottles left in hot temperatures can release unhealthy chemicals into the plastic into your drink. Using water from the tap can prevent billions of plastic water bottles from harming the earth. Bottled water isn’t a premium as you think. About 25% of water in bottles comes from municipal sources that may come from harmful
A lot of people around the world do not have a the choice between tap or bottled water.
Bottled water is one of products popularly consumed back to a few decades. Result from the production of bottled water, people likely prefer to drink bottled water than tap water while some researches find out the fact that water in bottle are not as safe as water provided by state companies. Why people choose to drink bottled water and whether bottled water is pure as advertisement are the crucial concerns, together with the effect of bottled water on human being’s health and the natural environment.
There are many, many, many reasons to not use bottled water. It will hurt animals in the ocean, pollute our oceans, and will pollute our environment. If saving the environment and keeping it clean matters, then we should listen to the following: Use a glass or something reuseable for when you’re at home. If you want to go out, then buy a reusable, BPA free water bottle. Water fountains will always be sufficient in filling up water
bottled water is better. Many people drink it because they don’t think they believe it tastes