Did You Know ?
✔ An Environmental Working Group (EWG) study found a total of 316
contaminants, including 97 agricultural and 204 industrial contaminants,
in the tap water of 45 states. More than half of the contaminants detected
have no drinking-water safety standards.
✔ According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, public water
utilities have violated the Safe Drinking Water Act more than 700,000
times in the past seven years.
✔ Unlike public water utilities, the bottled water industry is not required to
publicly disclose the results of any contaminant testing it conducts.
✔ Bottled water may not be contaminant free. The EWG found a total of 38
contaminants in the water of 10 popular brands.
✔ In 2007, 8.8 billion gallons of bottled water were consumed in
the US.
✔ In 2007, 1.64 million tons of bottled water packaging materials were
produced in the U.S.; only 34% of those materials were recycled.
✔ According to the U.S. Conference of Mayors' resolution, it takes 1.5 million
barrels of oil every year to facilitate the production of water bottles made for use in the U.S. That's enough oil to power 50,000 cars for a year. |