Is bottled water any better than tap water? - (Baylor Health Care System)
April 14, 2008 – 9:11 pmhttp://www.newswise.com/articles/view/539446/?sc=dwtr
How much do you spend on bottled water? If you buy certain brands thinking the water is cleaner or safer, experts say you may as well be pouring money down the drain. When it comes to some brands of bottled water versus tapthere may not be a sip of difference.
There is no guarantee that bottled water is any better than tap water. Twenty-five percent of bottled water is actually just repackaged tap water, says Jane Sadler, M.D., family medicine physician on the medical staff at Baylor Medical Center at Garland.
Bottled water is regulated by the FDA, but when its packaged and sold in the same statewhich is the case with around 60 percent of bottled watersit becomes exempt from FDA regulations.
In fact, its been shown some bottled waters do not meet EPA standards so you really have to be careful in your selection of bottled waters. Make sure you know […]
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