Evil Bottled Water

I did a project on the bottle water industry over the summer and its a lot worst than what she says. FDA has 1/2 a person that looks over the entire bottled water industry. She splits her time between that and her other responsibilities. There is also no regulation on water that is sourced and resold within the same state which the majority of water falls into this category.

She states in the video that bottle water is sometimes less clean than tap. I feel like that is an under statement. Bottled water has been recalled many times before and independent firms have found toxic material and caner causing agents in the water straight off the shelf.

She also does not address that when companies pump ground water for their bottles they hurt poor communities. Towns have seen their water tables drop and have experienced days with no water. The water bottle industry then turns around and sells their water back to them. Basically the company steals the towns water and then sells it back.

It was nice to see in the video that bottle water sales are dropping. I really hope they continue to. At one point in the video she says that carrying and using bottled water is going to the way of smoking. Its looked down upon and you see less people doing it. I totally agree with this. I certainly find myself judging people I see with bottled water and hate carrying it myself. I feel bad if I do and feel like people are now judging me. I want to tell people "I never do this truly".