Bottled-Water-Mania
Taken From:
http://www.newwaveenviro.com/blog/2008/11/26/bottled-water-mania/;
I recently stumbled upon a startling figure: Americans spent nearly $15 billion on bottled water in 2007, up from $11 billion the year before. That is more than the amount American spent on iPods and movie tickets! Why would American spend so much on something as simple as water. Water is the simplest of beverages and it is delivered to ever'
I recently stumbled upon a startling figure: Americans spent nearly $15 billion on bottled water in 2007, up from $11 billion the year before. That is more than the amount American spent on iPods and movie tickets! Why would American spend so much on something as simple as water. Water is the simplest of beverages and it is delivered to every household in America for one ten thousandth of the cost of bottled water.
Why do Americans continue to purchase more and more wasteful bottled water every year despite bottled water being no safer than tap water? The answer is simple: Marketing.
Water bottles have been showing up more and more in our favorite television programming. Fiji Water frequently appears of the show Brothers & Sisters while Poland Spring water is a common prop on the set of The Office. At Whole Foods, the number one item sold by unit is bottled water, above all other food sold at their supermarkets.
We always hear complaints about the cost of gasoline, but why has bottled water consumption increased so much despite it being 3 to 4 times the cost of gasoline. The intense marketing campaigns of the bottled water corporations have us mindlessly buying water in plastic bottles over and over again. Americans need to realize that we can help the environment and our paychecks by installing in-home water filtration systems, for a fraction of the cost of buying bottled water.
Scott Lloyd's Comments:
The chemicals leached into the bottled water from the plastic are toxic and problematic...tap water is toxic...so, get a filtration system. I bought a system that makes 7 types of water...this system is so great in many ways: it is the greatest health promoting system I could find, it eliminates environmental waste, it saves me thousands of dollars over the course of ten to fifteen years, and it even talks to me : )
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