Water Drinks : The Dangers Of Water Bottles

One of the biggest harms to the world is pollution caused by people. Most of the plastic materials used by people are left to pollute. Bottled water is one of the biggest plastic materials produced. Some people say that bottled water is safer, convenient, and provide jobs to workers in many ways. The reasons for buying bottled water differ. Some people buy bottled water because they don’t like the taste or smell of tap water, while others on the other hand buy it because of health concerns with water contamination. Pollution is one of the biggest problems hurting the environment today, and water bottles that are thrown out after each one-time use, contribute greatly to its increasing buildup. Bottled water is not only expensive to us, but also to the environment. Bottled water is hurting the economy, harming human lives, and damaging the environment.

The main issue with bottled water is the effect it has on the environment. Plastic bottles are drastically increasing the size of landfills and can take up to five hundred years to decompose. At the rate plastic

Many of people have not realized that the creation of bottled water affects our environment. The production of water bottles requires a large amount of water plus the water that is needed to fill the bottle. Considering there is a shortage of water in several places, water should be better handled and not wasted on plastic bottle making. Of the eighty million single serve bottles of water consumed daily, thirty million ends up in landfills (Soechtig, 2009 qtd. in “Bottled Water: The Risks to Our Health, Our

Besides being costly to the environment and to users, consuming bottled water does not come without health concerns. The plastic in bottled water, PET, breaks down and releases toxic chemicals into the water. “A study of 132 brands of bottled

The author of “Bottled Versus Tap” said, “In light of such facts, bottled water may seem preferable. But coming as it does from many of the same sources as tap, bottled water is subject to many of the same contaminants2.¨Bottled water may not only have the same contaminants, but it the water may even have more chemicals in it, due to the plastic in the bottle itself2. Of course, in big families, the cost can be high for running tap water, but many researchers have proven that 1 billion water bottles are thrown away every year, almost equaling the high price of gasoline2. The author of “Goodbye Bottled Water?” said,“‘Thronson explained that 1.5 million barrels of petroleum are used to produce plastic water bottles in the United States each year. That’s enough to supply 250,000 homes with electricity for a year´¨. Americans are wasting valuable money on water that we can get very easily out of our faucet. Mayors from all around the United States have held meetings about the idea of banning bottled water2. Many are against the decision of banning bottled water, they argue that by taking away bottled water, the healthiest beverage out there is being taken away too. Although there is reasoning behind why people might be upset about this decision, the environment would greatly improve if people drank less bottled water. It is true that bottled water is very clean and reliable in times of

Americans utilize a great deal of water, in fact, the average American uses 90 gallons a day (Henshaw). So it is not surprising America has one of the cleanest water reserves in the world (“Water Quality”). A surprising statistic, however, is one-third of the American population drinks bottled water on a regular basis when the majority has clean drinking water at home (Olsen). This might be due to the fact that the bottled water industry has promoted itself as a healthier and more portable alternative to tap water. However, the truth is startling as bottled water is only a misleading, expensive, and dangerous gimmick to bring in revenue for large companies.

There is a common misconception when people think about tap water being unsafe to drink opposed to that of a water bottle. Bottled water holds up the image to the public as ‘pure’ and ‘healthy’ when in fact you’re in for a surprise. Bottled water is regulated by the FDA (Food Drug Administration) and goes through a process that isn’t exactly strict when it comes down to the requirements for bottled water to be sold in retail stores. Tap water on the other hand is regulated by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) which goes through a much stricter process in ensuring the water is as pure as can be/ Tap water has traces of fluoride and chlorine to kill the bacteria that may be found in it. Bottled water could potentially leak plastic into

Have you ever had any concerns about bottled water? Do you think that bottled water is better than tap water? Bottled water is water packed in plastic containers and sold for human consumption (Health Canada, 2013). Currently, the amount of bottled water consumed has increased considerably since many people feel it is safer drinking bottled water than tap water (Parent and Wrong, 2014). According to The Statistics Portal the global sale of bottled water took a leap from 161, 589 to 181, 608 liters from 2009 to 2011. In the United States, each American citizen consumed around 32 gallons of bottled water in 2013, thus meaning an equivalent growth of 15% over 2009 (Statistics & facts, 2014). In fact, due to good portability, bottled water has been helpful in both simple and complex situations such as daily exercises and natural disasters. Even though having those few considerable advantages, bottled water still have been less benefits; especially due to the negative impact in the socio-economic, health and environmental fields.

U.S. Landfills alone are filled with 2 million tons of filthy, old, discarded water bottles (Healthy Human LIfe). Around the world many people have the choice of tap or bottled water but, what is the better choice? Bottled water is supposed to be a cheap, safe, and convenient way to get clean water but, believe it or not they’re not. The decision between tap and bottled water is an important choice because it can affect many factors of everyday life. Tap water is the better choice because it is safer, cost efficient, and Earth friendly.

Over the past 25 years, bottled water industry has climbed into the top of the world market. (M.A. & A.B., 2008) In the late 1970s, the demand for bottled water has been increasing as people started to worry about the quality of tap water and began to purchase bottled water. (M.A. & A.B., 2008) Furthermore, followed with a promotion campaign by processors of bottled water, the need of bottled water has gradually escalated, became a multibillion-dollar industry and the major

The convenience of bottled water is not worth the money, potential health risks, or the environmental impacts in the production and disposal of the plastic bottles. Bottled water usage cannot be regulated, but a lot can be done to ensure that the environment is pollution free. As consumers, we must ensure that we are conscious of the health risks involved when we drink bottled water as well as the impacts the plastic bottle has. Water is a precious resource, and there must be better decisions made to ensure it is not being wasted. Individual should save their money, reduce consumption of bottled water. and invest in reusable water

One of the largest issues with bottled water is that, water bottles can help contribute to the cause of many problems in the environment. It can cause pollution because many don’t recycle their water bottles. In fact, according to Jennifer Gitlitz, the research director for the Container Recycling Institute (CRI), “86% of the water bottles sold are wasted: landfilled, incinerated, or littered.” Furthermore, the CRI keeps track of how many bottles and cans go into landfills around the year and in this year only 64 million bottles and cans have be thrown into landfills. When these recyclable items go through landfills it just creates more and more pollution. Yes, we can limit this but we can never completely eliminate it unless we get rid of the bottle that is causing it. Eliminating these bottles

Many people around the world would like to call for an end of plastic bottles because they produce a lot of waste. They say that tap water is the answer, but they couldn't be farther from the truth. Banning water bottles would do more damage than good in the long run. It would be inconsiderate of people with mental illnesses and disabilities, makes it much harder to be able to give large amounts of water to the people who don't have access to it, would make things so much more difficult after some sort of natural disaster, and would make it very unfair to the water manufacturers to ban water bottles but not ban other bottled drinks. The real answer to the problem is to make bottles out of a biodegradable material so it will be less harmful

“One of the biggest challenges facing the bottled water industry is how to respond to the environmental claims levelled against it” (Grocer). Every time someone throws a bottle away, they have taken up more space in a landfill for the next four hundred fifty to one thousand years. Besides the long decomposition rate, water bottles are the cause of several more environmental issues. Overfilling landfills, health hazards caused by refilling, and the economic stresses due to the constant and inconvenient repurchasing are just a few of the negatives water bottles have on us. These plastic pollutants are doing more harm to both the environment and their users than good.

Have you ever had any concerns about bottled water? Do you think that bottled water consumption should be banned? Bottled water is water packed in plastic containers and sold for human consumption (Health Canada, 2013). Currently, the amount of bottled water consumed has increased considerably since many people feel it is safer drinking bottled water than tap water (Parent and Wrong, 2014). According to The Statistics Portal, the global sale of bottled water took a leap from 161, 589 to 181, 608 liters from 2009 to 2011. Only in the United States, each American citizen consumed around 32 gallons of bottled water in 2013, thus meaning an equivalent growth of 15, 94% over 2009 (The Statistics Portal, 2014). In fact, due to good portability, bottled water has been helpful in both simple and complex situations such as daily exercises and natural disasters. Even though having those few considerable advantages, bottled water still have been less beneficial; especially due to the negative impacts in the socio-economic, health and environmental fields.