Why Is It Able To Drink Bottled Water?

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Is it ever okay to drink bottled water?

No, it is not okay to drink bottled water ever because it is unhealthy, it is bad for the environment, and it is expensive. First of all, bottled water is unhealthy, everybody knows that bottled water is water in the bottle, and the bottle is made by plastic, so we can just say that water in the plastic, and plastic is not good for our body, so bottled water is unhealthy. Second of all, bottled water is bad for the environment, plastic pollution is very serious in the earth, too much people just throw the bottle away after they finish the bottled water, so we can say that avoid bottled water for environment. Third of all, the bottled water is expensive, bottled water has different price

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