What's Stupid About Bottled Water?

The Truth About Bottled Water

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Are You Aware Bottled Water Is Tap Water

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All About Bottled Water Sales of Bottled Water have never been higher thanks to the marketing practices of several large companies that sell Bottled Water.

Bottled Water is still the fastest growing beverage sold in the United States. But did you know that most Bottled Water being currently sold in the United States comes from the tap. Yes surprise that $1 and up per bottle you are paying for Bottled Water is in most cases a rip off. Do you know the only thing great about Bottled Water? How it is marketed. All the companies selling the Bottled Water try their best to convince you that you need their product. They get all the rich famous people like Wrestlers , Golfers , Nascar Drivers and etc to use their product on tv and a little ideal is planted in your mind. So and so seems to really enjoy it so it must be good. And you run out and buy it.

Is Bottled Water better for you than Tap Water. The short answer is no. What most Bottled Water companies do is filter and purify regular old tap water so it has a slightly differnt taste than your Tap Water and people line up to buy it like all the wells in the world are running dry.

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Michigan news: Cherry renews call for taxing bottled water firms

Posted: Dec. 15, 2009

LANSING: Cherry renews call for taxing bottled water firms

Lt. Gov. John Cherry called again Monday for a 10-cent-per-bottle tax on water bottling companies in Michigan to pay for the restoration of the Michigan Promise college scholarship program eliminated in the new state budget.

But it appeared to be a nonstarter with majority Senate Republicans. Matt Marsden, spokesman for Senate Republicans, said, "We're not interested in raising taxes on Michigan businesses."

One large bottler, Ice Mountain, which bottles near Big Rapids, said the tax typically would raise the cost of its bottled water by two-thirds and cost the state jobs in a plant that employs 250 to 300 people.

Cherry said Michigan's underground water belongs to the public. Cherry said the tax would generate $118 million, with $100 million earmarked for the Michigan Promise grants.

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Drought In Bottled Water Sales Has Industry Mystified

A plunge in bottled water sales has the industry asking "why?" After decades of growth, the huge, estimated at $11 billion, industry is drying up.

U.S. per capita bottled water consumption grew from less than two gallons a year to a peak of 29 gallons a year in 2007. in 2008, however, bottled water sales dropped 3.2 percent. In 2009, sales are projected to flag another 2 percent. These figures come from the Beverage Marketing Corporation, a New York research and consulting firm.

Bottled water companies are still trying to determine what has caused the drop in sales. There are four obvious culprits, however.

A possible first reason would be the recession. Tap water is far cheaper than bottled water. In these tough economic times, many consumers are pulling back on extra expenses.

That brings up possibility two. In fact, many critics of bottled water have noted that frequently bottled water is just treated tap water. Additionally, many taste tests have shown little difference, or if there is a difference it can be eliminated by water filters you use in pitchers or on your faucets, which are still far cheaper than bottled water.

Environmental groups have been also been making a case against bottled water based on safety. In 2008, the Environmental Working Group examined 10 brands of bottled water and discovered that some contained mixtures of industrial chemicals that have never tested for safety.

The final "obvious" possibility is that bottled water>>>

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