Bottled Water Quality: Faking Quality Standards

According to a research report that was conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), it is stated thus Every home in America has an elevated level of chloroform gas present due to the vaporization of chlorine... from tap and shower water."

For this reason, most of the U.S. citizens spend a huge amount of money each year on purchasing the bottled water. In fact, some prefer it in place of soft drinks. There are also others who prefer the bottled water as they think that it is safer than the tap water. But the bottled water comes from sources that are similar to those of tap water. It may come from, lakes, rivers or from underground aquifers. There are lots of companies offering bottled water but the bottled water quality varies from brand to brand. It can also vary from bottle to bottle in the same brand. This depends on the source of a particular bottle. It may be possible that the bottled water may have at least little amounts of contaminants. It may meet the standards of USFDA but those standards may not demand total purity.

It has been found that less amount is spent on the quality of the bottled water and huge amounts of money are spent on the advertisement campaigns. The campaigns portray to the consumer that the bottled water arises from some pristine and natural mountain spring. This is totally incorrect because the reality may be that the bottled water is no more than bottled tap water. The federal rules and instructions governing bottled water are only applicable if the water is shifted across state lines. Most of the time, bottled water is prepared and sold within the same state to avoid getting entangled with these regulations. But the main problem that is worrisome is that there is no assurance or guarantee that the bottled water is of greater quality than the tap water.

The fact is that 50% of bottled water comes from a municipal water source. In fact, the National Resources Defense Council once conducted a study of about 103 brands of bottled water and evaluated that one third contained synthetic organic compounds and chemicals and other bacteria. Various other studies show that 25% of the bottled water comprise carcinogens and about 20% contain industrial chemicals.

According to FDA companies which promote bottled water as being safer than the tap water, it is just pure deception towards the U.S. citizens. That is why people should know that the bottled water that they are drinking is not safe as they believed. It is likely to contain those harmful elements which can damage your health.

With this awareness, be aware that the risk is real and the solution is so easy, all you need to do is pierce the veil of deceptive advertisements on bottled water and take logical measures so that your health does not suffer.