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A few years ago, I bought a stainless steel water bottle and spent $250 dollars to buy a water filtration system (under my sink). Yes, it felt like a hefty purchase at the time but now I realize it’s more of an investment.

I bought the stainless steel jug because I’ve read about too many studies where researchers are concerned about controversial plastics leaching chemicals into the water… even if it’s at room temperature!

Click here to read Harvard study.

I have been carrying my stainless steel jug with me all around town. It’s much cheaper than buying bottled water and the filtered water actually goes through more testing and regulation than bottled water!

What’s even more interesting is that a recent non-profit, research based consumer group found some bottled water companies bottle tap water!

The Environmental Working Group set out to answer 3 questions you have a right to know:

-Where does the water come from?
-Is it purified? How?
-Have tests found any contaminants?

Many bottled water companies refused to answer those questions.

http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=177846&catid=8

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If you don’t have a market to sell to, then create one. Use fear and irrationality if necessary.

This is one of the first things I learned in my first (and only) business class…and apparently those at Pepsi, Coca-Cola and Nestle all took the same class because they came up with the greatest manufactured demand scam of all time: bottled water.

The people over at The Story of Stuff put together a great video on the story of bottled water, covering manufactured demand, its toll on the environment and plenty of other interesting facts:

Why do people drink bottled water?  Bottled water makes about as much sense as shipping in ice from Antarctica. Sure it is really convenient (and at sometimes even permissible) if you are out and about, but why do people drink it at home?  This is something I will never understand.  Bottled water costs 2000 times more than tap water!

“It tastes better.”

No, that’s your imagination and a bit of corporate trickery.

1. It’s probably ice cold.  Even liquor tastes like pure water ice cold.
2. You probably just paid $2 for it, which automatically makes you want it to taste amazing.
3. The bottle has pretty pictures on it – leading you to believe the water is purer than tap water.
4. http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2010/10/15/the-manufactured-demand-for-bottled-water-video/comment-page-1/

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London’s ban on selling bottled water at city-owned sites went unchallenged Monday night, one of two environmental issues debated by city council.

Politicians also voted to delay — again — a green bin pilot project that would collect tablescraps from 750 homes before rolling out a city-wide composting program that increasingly looks in peril.

The bottled-water ban, passed by council to much fanfare in 2008, blocks the sale of single-use bottled water as city-owned sites including arenas, buildings and two golf courses.

The possibility it could be overturned, with beverage giant Nestle asking it be tossed, drew widespread reaction. Dozens, including many schoolkids, were at City Hall Monday to support the ban.

At council’s community and neighbourhoods committee meeting two weeks ago, Coun. Paul Van Meerbergen moved that the ban be ended, thus again allowing bottled-water sales at rinks and other taxpayer-owned sites.

http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2011/02/28/17442356.html

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