Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Believe it or not, bottled water is now being sharply criticized in the U.S. by the Earth Policy Institute, an environmental group. While the group does some great work in many areas, it misses the point on bottled water: if people weren't buying bottled water in plastic bottles, they'd be buying soft drinks in aluminum cans anyway. There's a container garbage problem either way.
The group also says that tap water is just as good as bottled water, which makes me wonder what they're drinking. Sure, tap water is probably okay if you're a horse (although I would never let my dog drink it). |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Knowing the true history of Coca-Cola and Pepsi (click here to read the unauthorized history of Coca-Cola), it's no surprise that these two companies would find a way to dishonestly market bottled water products, too. Failing to disclose the real source of these bottled water products is, in my view, an inexcusable lapse in corporate responsibility. I have no doubt that whatever products these two companies may market in the future, they will always be marketed in a way that is dishonst, harmful to human health and damaging to the environment. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Granted, there are a lot of silly bottled water products on the market that are over-hyped. Coca-cola's Dasani water is just filtered tap water with a trace of minerals thrown in. Many "vitamin water" products are often just colored water with a trace of low-cost vitamins. Popular sports water products are just water, artificial colors, salt and a few low-grade minerals. These are rip-off products, if you ask me.
But there are also quality, genuine bottled water products on the market that I believe are worth every penny. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| REPPED: Coca-Cola's "Dasani" brand bottled water product is under fire this week with a global effort to shame the company into admitting the truth about the source of its Dasani water. What truth? That Dasani water comes from tap water -- the same stuff used to flush your toilet. Of course, the water is filtered and augmented before being put into Dasani bottles, but it's still from the same source as your tap water.
This week, on November 7th, Corporate Accountability International (www.StopCorporateAbuse.org) is holding a nationwide rally in seven key U.S. |
| Coca-Cola honestly label their Dasani bottled water products as "coming from a public water source." Details about the event are available now at: www.ThinkOutsideTheBottle.org
This grassroots consumer action aimed at Coca-Cola follows the hugely successful effort launched earlier this year to pressure Pepsi into making the same admission on its own branded water product: Aqua Fina. As reported by NewsTarget on August 2 of this year, Pepsi was bombarded by consumer complaints and, in response, agreed to add the phrase "Public water source" to their bottles. |
| In my opinion, both of these companies operate with an astonishing lack of integrity -- not only in the way they hype their bottled water products, but also in their ongoing marketing of beverages that I am convinced are closely tied to the obesity and diabetes pandemics now ravaging our world.
Coke and Pepsi have, in my opinion, played a significant role in the destruction of human health among advanced nations over the last three generations. |
| Failing to disclose the real source of these bottled water products is, in my view, an inexcusable lapse in corporate responsibility. I have no doubt that whatever products these two companies may market in the future, they will always be marketed in a way that is dishonst, harmful to human health and damaging to the environment.
Join me in this grassroots effort to shed light on Coca-Cola's practices by taking action on this issue. Here's where you can learn more: http://www.stopcorporateabusenow. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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What about bottled water?
Here's the deal. I drink bottled water. I do not, ever, drink tap. This is something I frequently argue with my brother about, and the argument we have is instructive, so I'll repeat it here.
My brother—like many very intelligent, well-informed people—argues that the tap water in many parts of America is among the "safest" in the world and has been deemed perfectly acceptable for drinking purposes. He gently suggests that folks like me who spend all this money on bottled water might be being, well, a bit silly.
Here's my answer. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 The surprise: most bottled water is still just tap water, but unlike tap water, bottled water is not regulated. And, to make matters worse, the plastic bottles it comes in often leach chemicals into the water. The bottles are often made of PVC (polyvinyl chloride), an environmental hazard itself. A four-year study conducted by the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council found contaminants in one-third of bottled water samples to exceed EPA tap water standards. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| But there are also quality, genuine bottled water products on the market that I believe are worth every penny. Those would be the ones from natural mineral springs, like Evian or Aquarius water out of Oregon. |
| The group also says that tap water is just as good as bottled water, which makes me wonder what they're drinking. Sure, tap water is probably okay if you're a horse (although I would never let my dog drink it). But unless you enjoy consuming carcinogenic chemicals and fluorosilicic acid -- a chemical dripped into the water supplies in many U.S. cities -- then tap water just isn't a safe option.
That fluorosilicic acid, by the way, is often scraped off the inside of coal power plant smokestacks. |
Elson M. Haas, M.D.
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 From 1980 to 1993, the average intake of bottled water increased from 2.4 to 9.2 gallons. Now, the world bottled water market represents an annual volume of 89 billion liters. Sales of bottled water in the United States has continued to experience a huge increase; in 1998 alone, sales grew by 10.1 percent to 3.6 billion gallons. In a 2001 survey, the World Wildlife Fund estimated that people all over the world drink about 89 billion liters of bottled water a year. This is worth about twenty-two million in U.S. dollars. Americans drink about thirteen billion liters of bottled water a year. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 This bottled water issue brings to light the apparent deceptive practices of some of the largest suppliers of bottled water products. By avoiding the honest labeling of the source of their water while relying on snow-capped mountain imagery, these companies quietly mislead consumers into thinking their water products are from a pristine, natural source such as a mountain spring. |
Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D.
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 Usually that means bottled water when you're out, and distilled water (which is cheaper) or bottled water at home, too."
"What about the good minerals in the water."
"You can obtain more beneficial minerals in 1 or 2 multiple vitamin/mineral capsules per week than you can from drinking city water every day."
"Bottled water is more expensive."
"Probably not as expensive as all those antibiotics and doctors you've seen."
"Good point. So, no sugar and no fluoridated or chlorinated water. What else?"
"We need to screen you for allergies and sensitivities. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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| A four-year study conducted by the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council found contaminants in one-third of bottled water samples to exceed EPA tap water standards. Other independent studies have discovered fluoride, phthalates, trihalomethanes, and arsenic in bottled water, coming either from the bottling process or from the bottles themselves. Environmental groups are also concerned about the amount of waste that these plastic bottles create. |
Ron Garner
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 Bottled Water
Most bottled water in North America is of a good quality. It is clean, because U.S. and Canadian laws require producers to meet strict standards. In my opinion, however, the health claims made by some water marketing companies are greatly overblown because water naturally seeks a neutral balance. Special water qualities, even if they were there, would change over a period of time. In addition, chemicals from some of the plastic bottles and pipes can leach into the water, which would pollute it. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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| Up to 7 million Americans become sick from dirty tap water each year. bottled water fares no better; about one-fourth of botded water is bottled tap water (and by some accounts, as much as 40 percent is derived from tap water). Popular brands of bottled water have tested positive for elevated levels of arsenic, bacteria, and other impurities. According to the Natural Resources Defense CouncU (www.nrdc.org), one brand of "spring water" whose label pictured a lake and mountains, actually came from a well in an industrial facility's parking lot, near a hazardous waste dump. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| I drink bottled water. I do not, ever, drink tap. This is something I frequently argue with my brother about, and the argument we have is instructive, so I'll repeat it here.
My brother—like many very intelligent, well-informed people—argues that the tap water in many parts of America is among the "safest" in the world and has been deemed perfectly acceptable for drinking purposes. He gently suggests that folks like me who spend all this money on bottled water might be being, well, a bit silly.
Here's my answer. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| According to CAI, 4 out of 5 consumers now drink bottled water, and 1 out of 5 drink it as their sole water source! (Gee, that's a lot of plastic going to landfill, too...)
The bottles used to package bottled water are almost always made from plastics containing bisphenol-A (BPA), a carcinogenic chemical that often leaches into the water and gets swallowed by consumers. Click here to read our articles on BPA, a chemical widely believed to contribute to certain cancers. This contamination factor, however, is true for all products stored in plastic bottles, not merely water. |
Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D.
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| Usually that means bottled water when you're out, and distilled water (which is cheaper) or bottled water at home, too."
"What about the good minerals in the water."
"You can obtain more beneficial minerals in 1 or 2 multiple vitamin/mineral capsules per week than you can from drinking city water every day."
"Bottled water is more expensive."
"Probably not as expensive as all those antibiotics and doctors you've seen."
"Good point. So, no sugar and no fluoridated or chlorinated water. What else?"
"We need to screen you for allergies and sensitivities. |
Elson M. Haas, M.D.
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| Now, the world bottled water market represents an annual volume of 89 billion liters. Sales of bottled water in the United States has continued to experience a huge increase; in 1998 alone, sales grew by 10.1 percent to 3.6 billion gallons. In a 2001 survey, the World Wildlife Fund estimated that people all over the world drink about 89 billion liters of bottled water a year. This is worth about twenty-two million in U.S. dollars. Americans drink about thirteen billion liters of bottled water a year. |
Kevin Trudeau
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 Well Larry, I would love to tell you the brand of bottled water that I drink, keeping in mind that I am not a paid spokesperson for any bottled water company and I am not compensated in anyway if I mentioned the name of a particular bottled water. I have no financial interest whatsoever. |
Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews
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 Request a room without a mini bar or ask that the mini bar be emptied before you arrive so you can fill it with bottled water, veggies, or fruit snacks.
Remember your Veggie Day. It will help keep you mindful of your SuperFoodsRx lifestyle. If you're traveling abroad or domestically, you'll often find interesting vegetarian choices that will make your Veggie Day a memorable pleasure. Remember though that 'vegetarian' doesn't always mean healthy so use your SuperFoodsRx Diet as your guide to the best choices.
Are you a stress eater? |
Mark Lynas
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 The price of plywood has quadrupled, whilst the few shops remaining open have sold out of packaged food and bottled water. A million television screens beam out animated satellite sequences of Super-Hurricane Odessa as she churns over the warm Gulf, whilst urgent official voices warn of the highest-ever sea temperatures driving 180-mile-per-hour winds, and the need to evacuate the entire metropolitan area, now. People stream onto shuttle buses. |
Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton
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 Bottled water also tends to be less polluted than tap water, particularly if stored in glass.
Always filter or distill tap water before drinking it. If you use bottled water, buy it in a glass bottle in preference to a plastic one. If you can, install a household waterfilterto reduce the chemicals absorbed through the skin during baths and showers. |
Mark Lynas
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| Rich people might be able to afford expensive bottled water trucked in from afar, piped through the mountains or perhaps squeezed out of desalination plants whose output would be too costly for the poor. Agriculture will also suffer, putting hundreds of thousands out of work up and down the coast. |
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