The Truth About Your Water

\This topic has been bugging me for a while. I get people telling me all the time, oh why do you drink tap water its gross and full of germs!

OK tap water isn’t the best water out there, but I think we all need a little rocket fuel once in a while. It’ll add a little pep to your step 😉

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I can’t count how many times I see people head to Sam’s and buy like 15 cases of bottled water every month. Wow! The funny thing is people think its healthier and cleaner getting bottled water when in reality, your much better off drinking tap water.

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OK let me give you the run down. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) did a four year study on the bottled water industry including its bacterial and contamination problems. What they found opens up your eyes. A big thing that caught my eye right away was FDA rules on bottled water are generally less strict than tap water rules. FDA’s head bottled water regulator estimates that FDA has just one half of a person (full-time equivalent or FTE) per year dedicated to bottled water regulation. Similarly, bottled water compliance is a low priority for FDA, so specific figures are not kept for resources dedicated to ensuring it meets standards.

Check out some of the contaminants the study found in these “pure bottled water companies”.





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The list goes on. Whats even crazier is that there is some contaminants that are by law monitored in tap water but not required to by bottled water.

To top it off some people actually go broke just to buy some bottled water. Americans spent 15 billion dollars on tap water. That’s more than they spent on iPods!


I’ll stick with my tap water. But if you have to drink pure water ill give you my best tip. GET A WATER PURIFIER! Its about a 30-40 dollar investment. I say investment because it lasts you about 2-3 months before you have to change the filter. If you spend about 40-50 bucks a month on bottled water, doesn’t it make more sense to pay 30 dollars and have an extra 50 bucks a month to use on other things?

Think about it 😉

Jonathan Acosta