International Bottled Water Association Fights Back Against Environmentalists
Bottled water has been getting a lot of bad press lately, primarily from environmental groups who point to the negative environmental impact made by bottling and selling a product that most people have cheaply available to them at home and at work. The primary cause for concern is the manufacture and disposal of the plastic bottles. Environmental groups also have claimed that the government regulates tap water more stringently than bottled water and therefore bottled water is likely to contain more impurities and bacteria than tap water.
The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) is attempting to convince consumers that bottled water isn't bad for the environment and is actually better for you than tap water, and they recently got an unexpected boost by a report indicating that more than 20% of the nation's water supply is in violation of federal safety standards. Unsafe drinking water is apparently responsible for millions of instances of illness in the U.S. each year.
To further their goal of getting us to keep on buying, the IBWA has just released a video about the safety of bottled water. Consumers, of course, should do their own research. You can check out the pro tap water arguments at Tappening, the pro bottled water arguments at the IBWA's consumer website. You can read about bottled water regulations at the FDA's website, and you can read about the public water supply at the EPA's website.
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