Supplying data to the International Bottled Water Association, the Beverage Marketing Corporation reports that, on average, each American consumed 16.7 gallons of bottled water in 2000.
However, the health and environmental impacts of this practice are becoming increasingly alarming. Illustration image Pixabay Access to drinking water remains a necessity for two billion people ...
Fifty billion plastic water bottles are bought every year - in the US alone Environmental campaigner Hemantha Withanage is adamant that the purchase of plastic-bottled water should be discouraged.
Despite the recent pushback on single-use plastic, bottled water continues to be big business. And the debate over whether mineral or spring water is better than tap has raged for some time ...
Tests on major brands of bottled water have found that nearly all of them contained tiny particles of plastic. In the largest investigation of its kind, 250 bottles bought in nine different ...
But why is this a problem? Stock image of someone taking a bottle of water from a supermarket shelf. PFAS were found in 99 percent of the bottled water samples tested. But is this a problem?
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, an increase in life expectancy was driven mainly by improvements in sanitation, housing, and education, causing a steady decline in early and ...
Researchers found 10 'target' PFAS (perfluoroalkyl substances) -- chemicals which do not break down in nature -- in tap and bottled water available for consumption in major cities in the UK and China.
Scientists discovered PFAS (perfluoroalkyl substances), chemicals that do not break down in nature, in more than 99 per cent of bottled water samples sourced from 15 countries around the globe ...