Bottled Water vs. Tap

What's healthier for you? For the environment?

READER'S COMMENT:

"I almost always drink tap water. Sometimes at a meeting there is no other choice but bottled water so I have to drink it then. I keep a bottle of tap water in my car to quench my thirst while driving. Why waste what little bit of money...

COMMENTS	POSTED
I always thought bottle water was better, but now, i need to get a filter, thanks a lot for the information. Sonia, Provo, UT — Anonymous	09/01/2009 - 4:05pm
ap water would be just fine except for one major problem: Fluoridation. Why is fluoride added to municipal water?... Google "The Fluoride Deception" and watch the video. The biggest problem with bottled water is the carcinogenous plastic being used to bottle water. When is the general public going to wake up? Pierre, Sacramento, CA — Anonymous	09/01/2009 - 4:05pm
If you can't drink bottle water how can you trust a simple filter? What makes you think, a filter will stop all the chemicals in water. What about well water, chemicals are there too. Distilled is the water I drink, nothing ihn there..... Hello.... Jackie, Oley, PA — Anonymous	09/01/2009 - 4:05pm
One big problem with distilled water: It is devoid of all vitamins and minerals. The body needs more than just pharmaceutical vitamins and minerals! Pierre, Sacramento, CA — Anonymous	09/01/2009 - 4:05pm
One big problem with distilled water: It is devoid of all vitamins and minerals. The body needs more than just pharmaceutical vitamins and minerals! Pierre, Sacramento, CA — Anonymous	09/01/2009 - 4:06pm
I have never been a big believer that bottle water was better for you than tap water. Now that I know the industry sucks up 10 million barrels of oil annually, I will certainly drink even less bottled water. Americans are spoiled by conveniences, plain and simple..... Vicki Counos, St. Albans, VT — Anonymous	09/01/2009 - 4:06pm
I never believed bottled water was better than tap water. Although I drink bottled water, I drink bottled water because it taste 100% better than tap water. I live in Fontana, California and supposedly the water here is very good. But whenever I drink tap water or even my children drink the tap water they always say it tastes horrible. The water is clear, fuzzy when you first turn it on but it surely does not taste as good as bottled water. Laura G. Fontana, California — Anonymous	09/15/2009 - 5:50pm
was was doing reserch for a school project and the info realy helped me — Anonymous	09/29/2009 - 1:23pm
I have been using a Brita Pitcher for years for my water. Very cost-effective and definitely tastes better than any plain, unfiltered tap water I've come across. I will buy a small bottle of water every so often just to have a new bottle to re-use for my filtered water. As I live in AZ I need to stay hydrated! — Anonymous	04/18/2010 - 4:33pm
Filtered tap water for me - take a big bottle (stainless steel) with me everywhere. My golf course won't allow plastic water bottles. Deb - Ontario Canada — Anonymous	04/18/2010 - 6:43pm