Purified Bottled Water Is Not Tap Water, Industry Argues. To which I say, “Who cares”! The biggest problem for North Americans is not the water quality, but the plastic bottles themselves, for they poison us and the environment.
Ten best and worst cities for tap water quality. Is your city on the list? If so, no plastic bottled water. Filter tap water instead – it’s healthier for you, and the environment, and cheaper too.
Plastic water bottles pollute the environment and are harmful to our bodies. Chemicals can lead to cancer. 1,500 each second go into land fills. In 2004, 126,000,000,000 liters of bottled water were consumed, using 17,000,000 barrels of oil to make the plastic bottles and emitting 2,500,000 tons of carbon dioxide in the process.
