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QUICK FACTS ON BOTTLED WATER FAD

 

Members of the United Nations estimate that if the world took half of what it

currently spends on bottled water ($100 billion annually) and invested it in

water infrastructure and treatment, everyone in the world could have access to

clean drinking water.

But bottled water is cleaner, right? Actually, the U.S. EPA sets more stringent

quality standards for tap water than the FDA does for bottled beverages, and

roughly 40% of bottled water is actually just tap water.

1.5 billion barrels of oil are consumed each year to produce the plastic for

water bottles, enough to fuel 100,000 cars.

According to the Container Recycling Institute, only 14 percent of plastic water

bottles are recycled.

A water bottle in a landfill or lying around as litter will take over 1,000

years to biodegrade.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/foodsafety/Bottled020606.cfm

 

" I challenge anyone to live on my salary " [$158,000 a year].

Tom Delay