Comments on: What’s Wrong with Bottled Water? http://www.greenstrides.com/2009/02/27/whats-wrong-with-bottled-water/ going green one step at a time Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:49:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: So What’s the Big Deal with Plastic Water Bottles? — Flourish http://www.greenstrides.com/2009/02/27/whats-wrong-with-bottled-water/comment-page-1/#comment-34496 So What’s the Big Deal with Plastic Water Bottles? — Flourish Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:04:32 +0000 http://www.greenstrides.com/?p=2489#comment-34496 [...] is often bottled in #1 PET or PETE bottles (polyethylene terephthalate), which may or may not leach DEHA, a known carcinogen, into the water. Experts agree that you should not re-use [...] [...] is often bottled in #1 PET or PETE bottles (polyethylene terephthalate), which may or may not leach DEHA, a known carcinogen, into the water. Experts agree that you should not re-use [...]

]]> By: Straight Talk: What’s the big deal with bottled water? | rooftop http://www.greenstrides.com/2009/02/27/whats-wrong-with-bottled-water/comment-page-1/#comment-34481 Straight Talk: What’s the big deal with bottled water? | rooftop Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:41:44 +0000 http://www.greenstrides.com/?p=2489#comment-34481 [...] is often bottled in #1 PET or PETE bottles (polyethylene terephthalate), which may or may not leach DEHA, a known carcinogen, into the water. Experts agree that you should not re-use [...] [...] is often bottled in #1 PET or PETE bottles (polyethylene terephthalate), which may or may not leach DEHA, a known carcinogen, into the water. Experts agree that you should not re-use [...]

]]> By: Tara http://www.greenstrides.com/2009/02/27/whats-wrong-with-bottled-water/comment-page-1/#comment-7120 Tara Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:35:07 +0000 http://www.greenstrides.com/?p=2489#comment-7120 It's almost like a coin toss in some areas. For example, there have been a number of reports in the news over the last few months about prescription drugs being found in tap water. Apparently during testing in Los Angeles and other areas, they continued to find high levels of prescription drugs. That's kind of alarming. On the other side, I've seen reports like you are talking about where water bottling companies have been found to just be bottling tap water. So, in the long run, I guess it mostly comes down to the bottle. Why waste the plastic when you can just install a filter if you have any concern about your tap water. It’s almost like a coin toss in some areas. For example, there have been a number of reports in the news over the last few months about prescription drugs being found in tap water. Apparently during testing in Los Angeles and other areas, they continued to find high levels of prescription drugs. That’s kind of alarming.

On the other side, I’ve seen reports like you are talking about where water bottling companies have been found to just be bottling tap water.

So, in the long run, I guess it mostly comes down to the bottle. Why waste the plastic when you can just install a filter if you have any concern about your tap water.

]]>