Water Distillers

What’s in that bottle? Jane Houlihan of the Environmental Working Group, an advocacy organization that submitted a second report to the committee, said in a statement: “Many people assume bottled water is healthier and safer to drink than ordinary tap water. “But some companies have lured consumers away from the tap with claims of health and purity that aren’t backed by public data.”

Bottled water makers make millions off people who believe their products are purer than tap water, but consumers do not realize that they are less regulated than plain old tap water, according to a U.S. Congressional report.

“Americans are willing to pay top dollar for bottled water, which costs up to 1,900 times more than tap water and uses up to 2,000 times more energy to produce and deliver,” Michigan Representative Bart Stupak told the hearing. Bottled water has been recalled due to contamination by arsenic, bromate, cleaning compounds, mold, and bacteria.

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