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be Lincoln had an excellent take: more on bottled water

Posted by danetteoneal1 on May 13, 2016
Posted in: Public Policy, Uncategorized. Leave a comment

You can fool all of the people some of the time

But you can’t make all of the people drink bottled water all of the time.

OK, he didn’t say that exactly, but I think he would have.
We’ve been sold a bill of goods that bottled water in better for us, when that is not necessarily true, and disposable bottles have a huge impact on the environment.  (I won’t repeat previously cited research.)

That said, we do have many options to have our bottled water and environment too.
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home-products/reusable-water-bottle-reviews/g2068/best-reusable-water-bottles/

Glass and aluminum bottles offer other safe, environmentally-friendly choices.
http://www.prevention.com/fitness/fitness-tips/best-bpa-free-water-bottles-your-workout
In Alaska as well as in many other places such as Chicago, the tap water is excellent.
http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/uscities/execsum.asp
In places where the water is lagging, home filtration systems offer a good, inexpensive option to bottled water.
http://www.nrdc.org/living/waterair/do-you-need-home-water-filter.asp
Here’s a list of home water filtration systems recommended by the National Resources Defense Council:
http://www.nrdc.org/living/waterair/select-right-filter.asp