9 reasons why you should never drink bottled water again

1. Chemical Leach
Plastic isn't just bad for the planet, it's not good for you either. Laced into plastic bottles are
chemicals that can seep out if bottles are exposed to heat or sit around for a long time. Some
of these chemicals are possible endocrine disruptors. no one knows for sure what the health
outcomes are. Do you really want your body to undergo that experiment?

2. Bottled tap water
Unfortunately, not all bottled water comes from heavenly fountains of pure crystalline water.
Research shows that up to 25% of bottled water is just tap water. So yeah, you're just paying
form the privilege to drink... what you would drink anyways.

3. Bottled Hazards
Depending on where you live (especially in the US), tap water has to meet all sorts of
regulations. Bottled water? Not so much. This lack of oversight means that bottled water
can be worse than tap water. However, it has better marketing!

4. No proven benefits
Bottled water is not more healthy. A four-year NDRC review of the safety of the water industry
found no evidence of bottled water being in any way better or healthier.

5. Killing the environment
Water bottle production consumes 17 million barrels of oil a year, Pacific Institute claims.
So there are non-renewable resources spent producing stuff that isn't really necessary.

6. Landfills of bottles
Those 17 million barrels of oil inadvertently end up in a dump! The Water Project claims that
there are 2 million tons of PET (the plastic used for thin, clear bottles) plastic water bottles in
US landfills, where they will annoy archeologists up to 450 years in the future.

7. Bottled water is expensive
According to research, bottled water is 500-1000 times more expensive than tap water. It can
save up to €1.200 a year if you change to a reusable bottle.

8. Wasting water to bottle water
Plastic needs a lot of water to produce: the Water Footprint Network estimates you need about
six to seven bottles worth of water to even make a bottle.

9. Tap water is super safe
Like we mentioned, there are regulations that hound water companies and make them give you
actually good drinkable water. You have filtration systems, and what not, working all the time
to purify the clear liquid that flows from your tap.

So what are you waiting for? I dare you to say no to bottled water!