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    Bottled Water Facts

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    The document discusses the negative environmental and health impacts of bottled water consumption in the United States. It notes that the average American consumes 167 plastic water bottles per year, but plastic bottles take 700 years to decompose in landfills. Producing plastic water bottles releases greenhouse gases and depletes local water sources. Chemicals from plastic bottles can leach into the water over time. Bottled water is also much more expensive than tap water, costing up to $10 per gallon compared to less than $0.01 per gallon for tap. The document recommends drinking tap water instead and using reusable water bottles to reduce environmental impacts.

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    The document discusses the negative environmental and health impacts of bottled water consumption in the United States. It notes that the average American consumes 167 plastic water bottles per year, but plastic bottles take 700 years to decompose in landfills. Producing plastic water bottles releases greenhouse gases and depletes local water sources. Chemicals from plastic bottles can leach into the water over time. Bottled water is also much more expensive than tap water, costing up to $10 per gallon compared to less than $0.01 per gallon for tap. The document recommends drinking tap water instead and using reusable water bottles to reduce environmental impacts.

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    The document discusses the negative environmental and health impacts of bottled water consumption in the United States. It notes that the average American consumes 167 plastic water bottles per year, but plastic bottles take 700 years to decompose in landfills. Producing plastic water bottles releases greenhouse gases and depletes local water sources. Chemicals from plastic bottles can leach into the water over time. Bottled water is also much more expensive than tap water, costing up to $10 per gallon compared to less than $0.01 per gallon for tap. The document recommends drinking tap water instead and using reusable water bottles to reduce environmental impacts.

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    Bottled Water Facts

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    Mara Gans
    The document discusses the negative environmental and health impacts of bottled water consumption in the United States. It notes that the average American consumes 167 plastic water bottles per year, but plastic bottles take 700 years to decompose in landfills. Producing plastic water bottles releases greenhouse gases and depletes local water sources. Chemicals from plastic bottles can leach into the water over time. Bottled water is also much more expensive than tap water, costing up to $10 per gallon compared to less than $0.01 per gallon for tap. The document recommends drinking tap water instead and using reusable water bottles to reduce environmental impacts.

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    The average American consumes 167 bottles of water a year. . .

    but what’s so special


    about this water?
    IT’S BAD FOR THE ENVIROMENT
     Plastic bottles take 700 years to begin composting
     38 million plastic water bottles go to the dump every year in America
     80% of plastic bottles are not recycled
     Manufacturing this plastic releases more than 800,000 metric tons of greenhouse
    gases into the atmosphere
     In New York alone, the oil used to make bottles is equal to 66 million gallons of
    gasoline; enough to power 120,000 automobiles for a year.
     Depletes local communities of there municipal water sources
     
    IT’S BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH
     Chemicals called phthalates, which disrupt testosterone and other hormones, can
    leach into bottled water over time
     Unlike municipal water sources, bottled water companies aren’t required to
    monitor E. coli or fecal coliform bacteria.
     
    IT’S BAD FOR YOUR WALLET
     Bottled water costs up to $10 per gallon—tap water is less than 1 cent per gallon.
     Americans spend $11 billion on bottled water every year.
     90% of the cost of bottled water is due to the bottle itself

    ALTERNATIVES
     Instead of drinking bottled water we should drink tap water.
     We can use reusable water bottles to take water places
     When we do drink bottled water we need to make sure we recycle those bottles

     http://www.care2.com/greenliving/scary-things-about-bottled-
    water.html#ixzz1EHVHbnHu
    http://www.nubiusorganics.com/PlasticBottleFacts.aspx
    http://greenupgrader.com/3258/plastic-bottle-factsmake-you-think-before-you-drink/
    www.dec.ny.gov/docs/materials_minerals_pdf/waterbottles.pdf
     

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