Pepsi has been forced to admit that their Aquafina water is actually public tap water.
Bottled water is probably the best example of a “healthy” concern gone awry, or What You Think is Good for You Actually Sucks for the Planet (and May or May Not Be Good for You).
- Each day an estimated 60 million plastic water bottles are thrown away. The plastics they’re made of go on to poison ground water when they’re not recycled (most aren’t).
- The Pacific Institute has estimated 20 million barrels of oil are used each year to make the plastic for water bottles.
- For every bottle of water consumed, twice that amount of used was used in the bottling process.
There’s more here.
It’s a hot day in NYC, the fourth in the 90s, so drink from your tap. It’s safe, at least as safe or safer than most bottled water. Get a water filter, instead.