Bottled Drinking Water – Sources and Contents
January 22, 2007 by Administrator
Filed under Choose Your Drinking Water Carefully
People in the United States spent an estimated $11 billion in 2006 on more than eight billion gallons of bottled drinking water. Dividing that figure by the U.S. population, you will find that the average person consumed almost 28 gallons of bottled drinking water. We drank more bottled drinking water than milk, coffee, or beer.
Did [...]
Bottled Drinking Water – Why Buy It?
January 31, 2007 by Administrator
Filed under Choose Your Drinking Water Carefully
Bottled drinking water has become popular in many countries. Business meetings that once offered water pitchers at intervals along tables now offer bottled drinking water at each place. Runners who used to stop at park water fountains carry bottled drinking water. Secretaries keep bottled drinking water at their desks, and some even carry bottled drinking [...]
Sparkling Water? Try a Purifier!
February 3, 2007 by Administrator
Filed under Choose Your Drinking Water Carefully
Sparkling, health-giving drinking water isn’t as common as it once was. Tap water, and even bottled water, may contain chlorine, lead, arsenic, and other unwanted chemicals. Distilled water tastes flat, and many water filters don’t adequately remove pathogenic bacteria.
What Types of Bacteria Can Grow in Drinking Water?
Tap water may contain:
* Cryptosporidium
* Giardia lamblia
* [...]
