The article “Goodbye, Bottled Water?”, by Gail Hennessey, was written to convince bottled water users to stop purchasing bottled water due to environmental impacts. To begin with, Hennessey pointed out such serious toxic pollution cause by throwaway plastic bottles. According to San Bernardino’s mayor, “ More than 1 billion plastic bottles end up in California's landfills each year.” Then, the plastic bottles will sit there for 1000 years to biodegrade and leaving toxic pollution. Likewise, Hennessey states that the oil needed for producing plastic bottles affect the environment as well.…
There are many websites about bottled water being bad. According to Christiana Z. Peppard Ph.D. , Water bottles are not sustainable. In one week people throw away about 35 million empty water bottles. If it takes 450 years to biodegrade, one water bottle, and there are 35,000,000 bottles thrown away in a week, just imagine how many years it will take for all of those water bottles to stack up to reach the moon. There are too many water bottles in landfills We should have filling…
What harm can store-bought water bottles filled with water and fracking cause? Statistics state that there is more harm done than a person might think. One out of every six water bottles gets recycled; if a bottle is filled up by a fourth of oil, that same amount of oil was used in its production. Fracking actually pollutes water so bad that it is next to impossible to purify. In 'The Curse of Water Bottles' and 'Fracking Threatens Everyone', the authors reveal the harm done by those two 'convenient' sources.…
What is a CamelBak water bottle? CamelBak also makes a variety of water bottles in a wide assortment of styles and colors from plastic to vacuum insulated stainless steel. Since 2011, all CamelBak water bottles are made without BPA Camelbak water bottles are taste free Many Camelbak water bottles incorporate bite valves similar to the company's hydration packs to help eliminate leaks and facilitate easy sipping What is a hydration pack used…
As you can see the cost of bottled water is very expensive compared to tap water. Bottled water is unsafe because it's not tested as often as tap water which is tested 2-3 times a day. Bottled water is also not environmentally safe because it takes 1,000 years to bio de-grade in the landfill. That's why tap water is better than bottled…
Chefast Launches Its Stainless Steel Straws Set On Amazon.com At 40% Off PRESS RELEASE: World Wide Web, 31-JULY-2016 - Chefast is pleased to announce the launch of their new stainless steel drinking straws set on Amazon.com The product is sold by Chefast and fulfilled by Amazon. The straw set is designed to accommodate everything from 30 ounce tumblers to thick smoothies.…
Countries and cities everywhere are trying to ban the sale of plastic water bottles for many different reasons. Some reasons are for health environment and more, but is the ban worth it? I believe that states should start banning plastic water bottles. My fisrt reason I think we should ban plastic water bottles,even though people are recycling, it isn’t enough for how much plastic water bottles we buy, The author, Katy Steinmetz wrote, “""[The bottles] are not being thrown away They are being recycled." While that's not true of all bottles in the Bay Area, San Francisco is ahead of the average American city -- about 13% of plastics are recycled nationwide.”…
BPA is a synthetic compound usually found in polycarbonate plastics, and since the 1960’s it has been used to make plastic containers, resins, food cans and some dental sealants. It is also widely used in the industry to make water and baby bottles, PVC water pipes or hoses, food storage containers, reusable cups, inner lining of beverage and food cans (sodas, canned vegetables), hygiene products, store receipts, household electronics, eyeglass lenses, sports equipment and many other consumer products. As well as other subjects of study in chemistry, the effects of BPA have been causing controversy and opposite opinions among scientists and industries, that rely on the production of…
1. Filter tap water before drinking. You can reduce chances of consuming carcinogens by filtering tap water. Filtered water can also prevent chemical substances, which have negative effects towards your endocrine system.…
My first reason why plastic should be banned is because it could pollute the world. Plastic on the ground could be the very bad for the earth. Because of high purchase rates the plastic water bottles are often on the ground or in landfills. From the article “ Is Bottled Water Really Better?” It…
Bottled water is safer because it is individually packaged. For instance, say someone sick touches a tap water faucet with there mouth, this transfers their sickness onto the next person that drinks after them. This cycles is often repeated. In fact Cholera,Dysentery, and Hepatitis E are all waterborne diseases. So this just tells us we should be safer with our water and where we get it from.…
The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) states that, “bottled water provides healthy choices that are safe, convenient and meet our desire for good tasting water at home and on-the-go.” Nevertheless, there are many landfills of bottled water across the world. Leonard claims that she “came face to face with a mountain of plastic bottled from California.” California isn’t the only country to send water bottles to a different country, so there’s probably landfills all over the world. Most of the bottled water in different countries don’t even get recycled.…
Bottled water isn't worth the hype. It is not better than tap water at this point in time and is causing more health issues than tap water. The list of why bottled water is worse than tap water is endless. There are many health issues along with issues to the environment. Poor people looking for water in the world are not gaining any benefits from bottled water.…
Although this video is slightly outdated, it still represents relevant information regarding our health and right to drinking water. I found the video's initial claim that by 2030 two-thirds of America's population would not have sufficient access to water quite startling because I think most people take drinking water for granted. Additionally, I do not think cases like these presented in this video are shown on television or the news as often as they should be. I believe the reason for this is because these water companies have become so large and powerful that indeed "citizens come second" in these cases. Furthermore, after the Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United, "not only do corporations have rights, their rights are stronger…
Bottled water is misperceived to be the wiser choice for the average American. The impression that it is the healthier choice. “But no one should think that bottled water is better regulated, better protected, or safer than tap” ~Eric Goldstein (Bottled Water vs Tap Water: Rethink). In one case, water bottle companies purchased water from a…