Sometimes we go along doing something we believe to be a healthy choice for ourselves and our families, only to learn that we are mistaken. Figuring out what is good for one’s health can be quite a challenge – to say the least.
Ok, so what’s the problem this time? Bottled water! Here we (I) are thinking the sludge that comes out of the tap can’t be the best choice (have you seen some of those reports as to what they’ve found in tap water? Don’t read them right after you eat.), so we start drinking distilled water or bottled water, both of which are packaged in plastic containers.
Turns out that stuff is leaching out of the plastic into the water. Let’s just say it’s not “good” stuff. Further, there’s another health/environmental aspect of the bottled water issue which I hadn’t even considered – all those plastic bottles being thrown in the landfills, and the fuel and other costs to produce and transport millions upon millions of those bottles to the consumers.
If you want to read a full report, take a look at Dr. Mercola’s site at the following link:
Bottled Water – Good, or Not So Good
Oh, and guess where Pepsi’s Aquafina bottled water and Coke’s Dasani bottled water come from – a pristine mountain spring, right? Wrong, water breath. They come from public water supplies. Of course, in defense of Pepsi and Coke, they have been purified.
