Why Do People Use Bottled Water?

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

Having had the chance to travel to some the most primitive areas around the world for missions work, lack of clean water affects the health and hygiene of a people. Improper disposal of human waste and trash are key contributors to water contamination in underdeveloped countries. “In 2016, 143 communities and 57 schools received clean water in Sierra Leone, Kenya and Uganda” (“2016 Annual Report”). Organizations, like The Water Project, are making great efforts around the world to make a difference in these areas by installing wells and providing water purification systems. Until the proper infrastructure is in place, bottled water is the perfect stopgap. Bottled water can provide those living in these unreached areas a way to get their daily intake of water without fear of sickness.

According to International Bottled Water Association they say that people use water bottles for lot’s of their on reasons and creativity. Also for school if the water fountains were not working then water bottles would be needed.Or when there is a natural disaster and water bottles are the only chooses but there are none what would schools do then.

According to a four-year, detailed investigation to evaluate the quality and safety of bottled water conducted by an environmental advocacy group, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), traces of various chemicals (THMs such as chloroform and BDCM, both probable human carcinogens) and arsenic were discovered in high levels. Another chemical found in PET plastic bottles is antimony that is harmless in small doses but in larger doses can cause nausea, vomiting, and death. (Ban the Bottle, 2014) A senior scientist at the NRDC, Dr. Gina Solomon told The New York Times that “there is no reason to believe that bottled water is safer than tap water.” (Ban the Bottle, 2014) Public water in the U.S. is heavily regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because they require numerous tests for bacteria daily which are available to the public. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates bottled water and only require tests on a weekly basis and does not share their discoveries with neither the public nor EPA. (Ban the Bottle,

When working for a company or any business for that matter, It’s important that you allow yourself to take in constructive criticism from consumers, in order to make your business more successful. Yes, everyone has Consumer’s right, meaning that you have the right to be heard, the right to environmental health, the right to service, the right to be informed and the right to choose what you buy. Consumers Association of Penang. (n.d.). Retrieved September 20, 2017, If I was to work at the public relations department at one of the water bottle companies, I’ll respond by telling the consumers that drinking bottled water has its perks. Say you were traveling aboard, drinking tap water is not the safest

From helping the daily jogger stay hydrated during a run to that mom and family trying to stay hydrated at the amusement park, bottled water has had a lot of good to it. However do those goods outweigh the bad? In “Bottled Water: Friend or Foe?” by Christopher Castillo, Diana Goettsch, Angela Reid, and Catherine Sterling argue bottled water are our worst enemy, reasons being the bottle itself has harming chemicals within it which we are drinking, bottled water damages our environment, and lastly we are spending more on bottled water when we have the same water coming from our sinks.

In Peter Gleick’s “Selling Bottled Water: The Modern Medicine Show” and Cynthia Barnett’s “Business in a Bottle”, bottled water is argued to be an excessive commodity falsely advertised as healthier and more beneficial than tap water to society and the environment. Both authors discuss that bottled water is actually equivalent in quality to tap water and in some cases even more hazardous to the human body. Public water itself is a less expensive resource that is more accessible to the masses. However, due to fraudulent companies focused on profit and the lack of effective oversight, people are deterred from realizing that there does not need to be an alternative to municipal water. Gleick

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

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for regulating and overseeing the effective distribution of clean tap water. Even though, history has shown instances of water contamination, it is only normal that such incidents occur. The EPA has set procedures for monitoring the municipal waterworks and from their regulated activities, quick resolution for thresholds are achieved (Lewis 1). However, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), subsequently setting inferior standards for fundamental

Many people believe bottled to tap water because of the chemicals. What people don’t know is that the government has been putting chemicals in the water since 1945. The CDC states,in 1945 more than half of the nation’s water had the chemical fluoridation in it. Today, the United States with a few other countries included still have this chemical in it’s water. Other nations who were also apart stopped because they realized there were harmful toxins. The US Department Of Health and Human Service partnered up with The US Environmental Protection Agency to reduce to amount of fluoridation going into the water. Reducing the amount is not enough to fix what the chemical has done. The CDC Preventions studied it and stated “40.7% of adolescents aged 12-15 had dental fluorosis,tooth deformity and

“Eighty-six percent of water bottles end up in landfills or in the ocean” (Sexton & Morley). The National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) tested over 1,000 bottles of water to find out what kind of water was really in the bottle (Jemmott). They found out that an estimated 25% or more of bottled water is really just tap water in a bottle (Olson). It is sometimes treated more, sometimes not. Also the NRDC tested water for contaminants. Most didn’t have any but 22% of the brands contained chemical contaminants (Olson). Most of these chemicals were strict above the state health limits. If the water inside the bottle becomes contaminated the producers don’t have to let the consumers know. Although many people believe plastic bottles are convenient, nevertheless they can extremely harm you because of the chemicals in the plastic and is also causing harm to the earth.

Have you ever been thirsty and wanted some water? You went to a store and bought plastic bottled water, drank it and threw it away? But, did you know bottled water is bought hundreds of thousands of times about every day? I am against drinking bottled water because I think that it’s hurting animals, costing 2000 times more than tap water, and making global warming worse. Buying bottled water can lead to huge consequences and it will affect us desperately.

There are many impoverished countries where societies live without running water, or access to clean water at all. Much of the clean water these individuals get are through donations from charity groups and mission trips. After the huge earthquake happened in Haiti in 2010, many companies took the opportunity to help out. “The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) and the bottled water industry have been working to provide bottled water to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Since we first learned the news of this disaster, IBWA and the bottled water industry have produced, coordinated and distributed critical bottled water supplies through relief agencies and organizations such as ‘Clean the World’, ‘Convoy of Hope,’ ‘American Red Cross’ and ‘AmeriCares’ and other state and local charities.” This statement by president of IBWA alone should be enough to show how these bottles are not a luxury, but a necessity for many. How do we give water to people in an area that does not have any to offer? The only way is to bottle it up and ship it

“Water is the lifeblood of our bodies,our economy,our nation and our well-being” (Johnson). This quote represents the significance H2O holds in not only our everyday lives,but also in our state of health in the long run. Numerous Americans consume water on a daily basis, however since it is such a common occurrence, too few people actually put thought into what they are ingesting. There are many advantages to drinking bottled H2O such as, the difference the convenience of water being bottled has made on Americas water consumption, bottled water is a lifesaver in cases such as a natural disaster and provides less health risks but, bottled water is more expensive which causes people to use it less .Conversely, others think arduously on the subject without proper research. It is time to begin thinking about it and educating others about bottled water. A stupendous way to begin the education process is to do an extensive amount of research to distinguish between facts and myths about bottled water.

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.