Growing up there were things we thought we would never see. Bottled Drinking Water was one of them. Sure we knew Mom and Dad paid a water bill, but it was for having running water in your home. As a kid we drank from water hoses, water fountains, and glasses of water at the restaurant that were complimentary. Never in our wildest dreams did we think people would be dumb enough to pay someone for a bottle of water.

Times change and here we are in a multi-billion dollar business of selling people
something they could get out of a water fountain or at home. why? Because it’s cool, all the athletes do it, it’s cleaner, maybe in some places. Many people don’t realize that the FDA regulates bottled water and what passes for water under bottling conditions would not pass for the water that you use in your bathroom! Pretty crazy huh.

Add to that the fact that when purchasing a bottle of water to carry in your hand and look cool, by the time you add up what it would cost to fill a one gallon jug with it you pay $7+ dollars. Compare that to 1/10th of a penny per gallon for the average water from your tap. Plus the tap water has no Arsenic as a preservative.

1. Arsenic. Arsenic is a poison. The FDA says that bottled water may have up to 0.05 milligrams per liter of arsenic. See 21 CFR 165.110.

They can continue to chug away on that water and be cool. Me? I’ll save that money for my pocket, and forego the Arsenic and pesticides. I had a friend stick her nose up the other day and declare that at least she wasn’t worried about pesticides in bottled water.

It doesn’t contain pestisides.? 

The FDA allows set levels of pesticides in bottled water. There are set limits for each of 29 different pesticides. People who purchase bottled water believe, normally, that they are avoiding pesticides by doing so. For a listing of these pesticides, see 21 CFR 165.110.

If your city water is bad then your using your head drinking bought water. If your city water is good, then you fit the quote of the old man.

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