Water By: Jennifer Katasse “This is an industry that takes a free liquid that falls from the sky and sells it for as much as four times what we pay for gas.”

Should We Be Using Bottled Water? Popular brands such as Dasani and Aquafina use municipally treated tap water Tap Water- “10 times the quality, 1/10th the cost, and no pollution!” It takes 3 times as much water to produce the bottle as it does to fill it An estimated amount of 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide is created by the production of plastic for water bottles http://xprogram.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/dasani-%C2%BFuna-bebida-famosa-es-danina/

Why Bottled Water? Most countries without access to clean drinking water turn to bottled water Mexico, Brazil, China and Indonesia Because… they don’t have safe water to drink http://green-gossip.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/060224_bottled_water_big.jpg

Recycling Nine out of Ten plastic water bottles are not recycled Plastic bottles take up land fills and as they sit in the ground… they create toxic waste that leaks into ground water Of the “36 billion bottles sold in 2006, only one fifth were recycled” http://www.mediabistro.com/agencyspy/original/recycle,%20reuse%20reduce.jpg

Waste of Oil 1.5 million barrels of oil is enough to fuel 100,000 cars which is wasted when making plastic water bottles U.S. production of bottled water requires an average of 17 million barrels of oil Bottled water has to be transported by boat, train, airplane, or truck which burns the limited fossil fuel’s we have http://static.seekingalpha.com/uploads/2008/9/5/saupload_foreign_oil_cartoon_1.jpg

What’s in the plastic? Bottles such as Nalgene contain BPA’s (Bisphenol A) Endocrine disrupter which can mimic the body’s own hormones causing negative health effects BPA’s have been known to leech from the plastic lining of canned foods Plastic water bottles such as Dasani contain polyethylene terephthalate, a plastic derived from crude oil When burned( because most isn’t recycled), it creates harmful chemicals that are released into the air that are harmful towards humans and animals Re-using water bottles is not recommended

Who Monitor’s It? Tap Water is regulated by the EPA(Environmental Protection Agency) It is their job to make sure tap water is safe Bottled water is regulated by the FDA It is categorized as a “food” May be less clean than tap Don’t have to monitor the contaminant levels

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Banning Bottled Water All Together Possible Solutions Banning Bottled Water All Together Countries such as Australia hope to become the first to ban the sale of bottled water Only reason: to save the earth The townspeople all agreed it was a waste of money and resources

Other Solutions Some believe bottled water tastes much different than tap… Using filters such as Brita can deliver filtered water like bottled water but no cost Use little to no energy to filter water Remove more dangerous contaminants than any other filter system

My Opinion I think it’s a waste of money and oil There should be a bigger push for clean tap water around the world It’s a bigger waste of money to ship the bottled water around the world Our Rivers, Lake, Reservoirs, Aquifers and underground resources cannot take it anymore

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