Did you know that all of the top bottled water companies are deceiving you? Once you cut through all of their bogus marketing claims, but you end up with is purified tap water in cheap plastic bottles full of chemicals. Here is a breakdown of America’s top bottled Waters and how they lie.
Dasani is owned by Coca-Cola. They have multiple bottled water plants across the US, and each one uses the local tap water. First, they filter the tap water with a carbon filter, then use reverse osmosis to purify it, and finally add minerals like calcium and magnesium to make it taste sweeter.
Aquafina is Pepsi’s counter to Dasani. They use the exact same process. It’s just filtered. Tap water with minerals.
Poland Spring does not use spring water. Instead, they use groundwater. There is a huge difference. Groundwater is just the water that anybody can tap into with a well. It’s aquifers under the ground. Springwater, on the other hand, has to have made its way to the surface. During this journey, spring water tends to pick up more minerals and is also energized by the Sun, creating natural antioxidants. Spring water is healthier to drink. Poland springs was actually sued for lying to consumers about water being from a spring when it was actually just groundwater..
Fiji Water has a different kind of problem. Nobody is disputing the source of their water, but it has to be shipped across the ocean in cheap plastic containers, while the Fijian people often lack access to clean, safe water to drink.
Evian water charges $3 per bottle, sometimes more, and it’s just filtered tap water. The high price comes from the marketing.
Smartwater also uses deceptive marketing tactics. They say their water is vapor-distilled. This is just a marketing term. Like the others, it is just distilled tap water with minerals added for taste and also added electrolytes.
Nesley Pure Life is another bottled water company that has come under fire. Many of their plants are in drought-stricken areas, but they can pump groundwater without restrictions.
Again, all of these bottled water companies use cheap plastic bottles. By now. You’ve probably heard that BPA and BPB in these bottles have been linked to cancer. The longer the water is in these bottles, and the more exposure to sunlight and heat, the more toxic chemicals from the plastic will seep into the water you drink. There’s also the issue of microplastics that enter the water during the bottling process, which can disrupt all kinds of systems in the human body, including your brain.
The bottom line is that there is no safe or ethical bottled water to buy. Plus, they are all insanely expensive, even though it only costs pennies for companies to produce these bottles of water. The best solution is to filter your water at home, and the best way to do that is with a multi-stage water filter in a water ionizer. The water ionizer also restores antioxidants to the water through electrolysis. You can make a liter of ionized water at home for about thirty-five cents a liter.
