{"id":813,"date":"2009-07-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/home-bottled-water-safe\/"},"modified":"2009-07-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-09T00:00:00","slug":"home-bottled-water-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/home-bottled-water-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Bottled Water Safe?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Kate Stinchfield
THURSDAY, July 9, 2009 (Health.com) — Although you may think that bottled water is a safer option than tap, two new reports show that the store-bought stuff is actually less regulated than the water you get out of your faucet for free.<\/p>\n
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has little authority to regulate bottled brands, according to a recently released U.S. Congressional report<\/a>.<\/p>\n While municipal water utilities are required to provide public reports of test results, bottled-water makers are not. (On the other hand, well water, which is found in many rural areas, isn’t regulated like water provided by towns and cities.) So although you may fork over a pretty penny for bottled water, that doesn’t mean it’s any better than what’s coming out of your faucet. In fact, it could be worse and you’d never know it.<\/p>\n The new research is backed by a second report from the Environmental Working Group (EWG). The nonprofit advocacy organization surveyed the labels and websites of nearly 200 popular bottled-water brands and found that less than 2% disclosed three important facts that can affect safety: the water’s source, purification methods, and chemical pollutants in each bottle. (See the full report on bottled water<\/a> at EWG.)<\/p>\n “We’re really pushing for a consumer’s right to know what’s in their water,” says Nneka Leiba, an environmental health researcher at the EWG. “This isn’t a doomsday scenario. It isn’t that the claims are false; it’s just that they are misleading.”<\/p>\n Related links:<\/p>\n Reaching for the most popular bottled brands isn’t necessarily a solution. In fact, the EWG report found that some of the best-known brands—like Whole Foods and San Pellegrino—are the least likely to report where the water comes from and what it contains.<\/p>\n “This probably has to do with the fact that they’re imported, so the regulations are different,” says Leiba. "Some of the brands you think wouldn’t be as transparent, like Walgreens or Sam’s Club, scored higher than many of the popular brands.”<\/p>\n\n