Is the water you’re drinking and using everyday for your daily necessities really clean? Probably not, tap water can have harmful chemicals that can cause learning deformities in children and even adults! Bottled water unlike tap water has strict requirements set by the FDA. Bottled water is also much more convenient in times of need like earthquakes and hurricanes. Tap water is still harmful, yet it has been through water treatment facilities. If it has been through treatment old pipes in your house can still contain many contaminants. Bottled water in most ways is better and healthier than tap water. Tap water has a larger chance of having contaminants like lead, chlorine, and fluoride. Lead can cause learning deformities in adults and children. Even if the tap water has been treated lead from pipes
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Fluoride can stain teeth and give you dental problems. According to M.J. Blackstone from http://www.newrinkles.com, “Potential health effects from microorganisms, disinfectants and their byproducts, inorganic and organic chemicals, and radionuclides include everything from eye/nose irritations to kidney and liver disease.” Bottled water unlike tap water can have healthy and safe additives in it, like electrolytes, minerals, and vitamins according what Kristeen Cherney wrote in the article “What Are the Health Benefits of Bottled Water?” on www.livestrong.com. The minerals in mineral water can originate from the water’s natural source. Drinking electrolyte water can be beneficial after a workout and can replenish all the electrolytes lost through perspiration. B vitamins and vitamin E are commonly added to bottled water. It can also have carbohydrate concentration (8% or lower) which helps stabilizes blood glucose. Another health benefits of bottled water that tap water
Fluoride can stain teeth and give you dental problems. According to M.J. Blackstone from http://www.newrinkles.com, “Potential health effects from microorganisms, disinfectants and their byproducts, inorganic and organic chemicals, and radionuclides include everything from eye/nose irritations to kidney and liver disease.” Bottled water unlike tap water can have healthy and safe additives in it, like electrolytes, minerals, and vitamins according what Kristeen Cherney wrote in the article “What Are the Health Benefits of Bottled Water?” on www.livestrong.com. The minerals in mineral water can originate from the water’s natural source. Drinking electrolyte water can be beneficial after a workout and can replenish all the electrolytes lost through perspiration. B vitamins and vitamin E are commonly added to bottled water. It can also have carbohydrate concentration (8% or lower) which helps stabilizes blood glucose. Another health benefits of bottled water that tap water