The Carbon foot print stands for the effect it has on the planet in a negative way, in other words bottled water creates approximatley 600 times more waste than tap water.Bottled water is the same quality as tap water but the plastic contains many chemicals. For example, the plastic contains a compound called Bisphenol A or BPA for short; this compound mimics the effects of Estrogen which causes breast cancer, decreased sperm count and prostate cancer. The health section in the image above describes how tap water undergoes more tests than bottled water. According to a Canadian researcher on this topic"The high levels of bacteria in bottled water could pose a risk for vulnerable populations such as pregnant women, infants, immunocompromised patients and the elderly."All in all tap water ranks in the top three of purest and tastiest water including brand named bottles."If on the rare occasion tap water is unsafe, bottled water is a good alternative."
The link below will take you to a video that explains the differences of tap water and bottled water.(2min 10sec)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcTyhd_4TUE
The following link is another video but unlike the first video this video has more humor to it and is about how many people regulate tap water and how many people regulate bottled water.(20 sec)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwrUWiQIf8Q
This blog really made me see that bottled water is no different than tap. It scared me to learn that the bottled water could be harmful because of all of the chemicals from the plastic bottles. I have already taken steps to drinking less bottled water.
ReplyDeletei love bottle water. its easy to take and it looks more puseness. for tap water, i dont like it. we can see there are many tap water in CSUN, they look very dirty and only a few people will to drink it.
ReplyDelete---Jie Ruan