Bottled water no better than tap water

The following report by USA Today tells us that purchasing bottled water is no better than drinking tap water.

USATODAY.com - Study: Bottled water no better than tap water: 05/02/2001"Despite perceptions that it's healthier, there is little difference between bottled water and tap water - apart from cost - a conservation group said Thursday.

'Bottled water may be no safer, or healthier, than tap water in many countries while selling for up to 1,000 times the price,' the World Wildlife Fund said.

Bottled water is the fastest growing beverage industry in the world, worth up to $22 billion a year, according to the fund.

A study commissioned by the fund found the 'bottled water market is partly fueled by concerns over the safety of municipal water and by the marketing of many brands which portray them as being healthier than tap water.'

The fund also said bottled water sales were rising because people were worried about pollution.

'Our attitudes toward tap water are being shaped by the pollution which is choking the rivers and streams,' said the fund's water campaign director Richard Holland.

But the study - conducted by University of Geneva researcher Catherine Ferrier - said the only difference between some bottled water and tap water is that it is distributed in bottles rather than pipes."

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