| So just how bad is bottled water? Let's look at some | | | | necessarily regulated while tap water is strictly |
| statistics. | | | | regulated so you have no idea what you are drinking |
| • This year more than 25 billion single use plastic | | | | when you pop open a cold one. |
| water bottles will be sold in the United States alone | | | | • Certain plastics have been shown to leach |
| and more than 80 percent of those will end up being | | | | Biphesenol A, a hormone disruptor. While this is not a |
| disposed of rather than being recycled (that's 20 billion | | | | problem in all bottled water, who's to say what |
| bottles to the landfill Virginia!). | | | | scientists will find leaching from plastics down the road. |
| • Over 1.5 million barrels of oil were used to make | | | | • While some bottles do end up getting recycled, in |
| the plastic bottles consumed in the US last | | | | reality they are downcycled, being turned into other |
| year–and that doesn't include the petroleum used to | | | | products leaving most new water bottles to require |
| transport them.To put that in perspective, that's enough | | | | virgin plastic. |
| petroleum to power 100,000 automobiles for a year! | | | | • There is a belief that every adult should drink 8 |
| • Drinking out of bottled water actually wastes | | | | bottles of water a day, a myth most likely created by |
| water, using up to five times as much, and in a world | | | | water retailers. There is no scientific evidence to prove |
| where many people don't have adequate drinking | | | | this and while it is important to stay hydrated, this is |
| water, that's just wrong. | | | | akin to saying every adult should eat 8.2 pounds of |
| • Bottled water sold across state lines is not | | | | food a day. |