After A Four Year Study: Bottled Water No Safer Than Tap Water
After the most comprehensive independent testing of bottled water in the United States that is publicly available, testing more than 1,000 bottles of 103 bottled water brands over four years, the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) concluded that there could be no assurance that bottled water is any safer than city water. What was troublesome, though, was the fact that 33% of the bottled waters contained significant bacterial contamination, and 20% contained organic chemicals.
Former Water Quality Association board member, and distilled water producer Bert Smith says, "This is more or less a self-regulated industry. FDA regulations are so full of loopholes that it is perfectly legal to fill a bottle from the city tap, put a label on it that says 'pure water' and sell it as bottled water. In fact," Mr. Smith continues, "you can fill a bottle from a well, call it spring water and it's perfectly legal."
Mr. Smith is right. The NRDC report stated that one brand of spring water whose label pictured a lake and mountains, actually came from a well in an industrial facility's parking lot, near a hazardous waste dump, and periodically was contaminated with industrial chemicals at levels above FDA standards.
"I have bottles of spring water sitting in my store in Chesapeake, Virginia, that have started growing their own ecosystems,"
The study begs the questions, "What are the long term effects of consuming such contaminates"
For more on this topic call Mr. Bert Smith direct now at 757-214-1361. Mr. Smith has provided impromptu animated yet fact based interviews for print, radio and Television media throughout his career as an expert in the water purification industry and as one of the first in America to pioneer the water-store concept. He has helped set up water stores across the U.S. and has customers nationwide including Puerto Rico and the Bahamas.
Bert Smith is a lively and fact filled interview who will fill your readers, listeners or viewers with information and provide solid visual evidence that will be of value to them today and for the rest of their lives.
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Q&A
Q: Why are there not more regulations in the bottled water industry.
A: The FDA is a department of the Federal Government so it only regulates products that cross state lines, and the regulations it does have for the bottled water industry are less restrictive than the standards the EPA sets for city water. The FDA and state bottled water programs only have so much money and the FDA has said in the past that bottled water is not a priority for them. All government money and attention is on city water, while over half the U.S. population uses bottled water and there are millions of people who use it as their sole source of drinking water.
Q: Is there any way to tell which bottle of water is safe and which is not?
A: The honest answer is "no." Because almost every bottle of water one buys is filtered city water or treated well water. The quality of each bottle of water, even if it comes from the same company, will be different. The NRDC even reported on how water from the same company differed from bottle to bottle. The other issue is with the plastic bottles themselves. Due to the fact that water is a solvent, water immediately begins breaking down cheap plastic bottles which causes a slow leeching of harmful chemicals back into the water.
Q: So what is the solution?
A: There are two solutions. Number one is a water purification unit for home or business. Stay away from any softening and filtration systems – that includes reverse osmosis and deionization systems. They are inconsistent, unreliable and can be expensive to maintain. Filters also act as breeding grounds for bacteria and viruses which can break free and flow directly into a drinking glass. If these systems aren't effective for the bottled water companies who use them, they will not be effective for the consumer. The consumer must seek out a home distiller with a post carbon filtration system. Through steam distillation, bacteria and viruses are destroyed while the Hydrogen and Oxygen are separated from all chemical and biological impurities and then re-condensed as pure water. It’s exactly how nature has purified water for millions of years.
Q: What if that option is too expensive?
A: Then there is the second solution. Find a store that produces distilled water that allows one to fill and refill their bottles and just pay for each gallon. In most cases it is much less expensive and much safer than buying bottled water from a store. But the consumer must do their homework. The same lack of regulation and loopholes created by the FDA and WQA (Water Quality Association)
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