The Real Toll of Plastic on the World
Stop don’t drink that…plastic bottles harm YOUR pocket, YOUR body and YOUR earth. First of all bottled water costs you way more than tap. Second plastic bottles leak chemicals into your beverages. Lastly they guzzle resources and harm the environment.
Buying plastic bottles burns a huge hole in your pocket. According to the Earth Policy Institute bottled water can cost up to ten thousand dollars more than tap water. At ten dollars per gallon they say bottled water is more expensive than gasoline. Data from the Beverage Marketing Corporation (BMC) at the US Department of Agriculture shows that the number of gallons of bottled water consumed per American each year has doubled from 1976 to 2007. According to a survey done here at Midwood, students spend an average of $30 per month on bottled water and other beverages.
Think of all the money you could be spending on a new phone, or shiny laptop that’s going down the drain because you were thirsty and had to have that Poland Spring.
On top of wasting your money, plastic bottles have been proven to leak chemicals that mimic estrogen and other hormones involved in reproduction. One of these chemicals Bisphenol A (BPA) disrupts the reproductive systems of mice permanently. Tests show that BPA can reduce sperm counts in rats and also can lead to breast cancer cell growth according to The Scientific American’s article “Plastic (not) Fantastic” 2/19/08. Another experiment explained by The Discovery News article “Plastic Water Bottles May Pose Health Hazard” 4/28/09, showed that levels of estrogen-like chemicals were lower in glass bottles and in tap water than in plastic water bottles.
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