Bottled Water Facts

Where do all those empty plastic bottles go?

 

Did you realize that every bottle of water you buy gets dumped into the ocean or landfill if not recycled. Only 3.5% of plastic is recycled around the world. A plastic water bottle can take up to 450 years to degrade. However, plastic is a synthetic material and never "biodegrades." Instead it undergoes a process called 'photodegredation,' whereby sunlight breaks it down into smaller and smaller pieces over long periods of time. However, this does not mean they will disappear; all remain as plastic polymers and eventually yield individual molecules of plastic too tough for any organism to digest.

 

Bottled Water Facts - Truly a Wasteful Nation

* Most bottled water is acidic contributing to acidosis, disease & obesity (see list)
* Federal regulations that govern bottled water require it to be only as good as tap water, not better.
* 40% of all bottled water comes from a city water system, just like tap water.
* Bottled water sold into the same state from which it's made is exempt from FDA bottled water standards. Unless it crosses the state line, it does not have to comply.
* All carbonated or sparkling waters are completely exempt from FDA guidelines that set specific contamination limits.
* Both Pepsi's Aquafina and Coke's Dasani use municipal tap water as the source, as is the case with most leading brands.
* Only 3.5% of plastic is recycled around the world
* 1 Bottle takes 450 years to degrade, but doesn't biodegrade at all.
* Americans buy more bottled water than any nation in the world
* 29 billion water bottles are added to the environment yearly
* Manufacturers use 17 million barrels of crude oil to make bottled water yearly (enough to keep 1,000,000 cars going for 12 months)
* If you stack all the water bottles used yearly on top of each other, they would reach the moon 47 times!
* 90% of the cost of bottled water is in the bottle, lid, and label!

 

 

Did you know that your favorite water, soda, or energy drink could be slowly killing you?

 

How Acidic is your favorite soda?

 

How Acidic is your favorite sports drink?

 

How Acidic is your favorite bottled water?

 

Do you have any of these symptoms?