Research Paper On Bottled Water

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The Hidden Truth Behind Bottled Water
The consumption of water is incredibly vital for human health, and it has the potential to affect the difference between life and death for living organisms. Such an essential resource for survival should be forbidden from privatization for commercial purposes. Therefore, drinkable water should only be in control by the government, making it easily accessible to the public at inexpensive prices at all times. However, in our modern society, businessmen’s greediness for money led to the establishment of the multi-million bottled water industry, where hundreds of companies are selling privatized public water. To increase their sales, companies use marketing strategies to mislead consumers into believing that

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