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Alkaline Home Filtration System Vs. Bottled Water

Cost:

As we all know bottled alkaline water is expensive. As indicated by Natural Resources Defense Council "bottled water cost 240 to 10,000 times more per gallon than your cities municipal tap water"(NRDC , Treehugger).

Lack of Purity:

Being a loosely regulated industry nearly "40% of all bottled water starts out as tap water"(ContainerRecycling) and, "studies have found bottle water to be no purer than tap water, and in some cases even harmful, with 1 out of every 3 containing harmful chemicals" (NRDC , Emagazine) such as cancer causing contaminants, bacteria, and carcinogens"(EWG , USAToday) from the plastic bottle which is made from petroleum. Effectively put, you are taking a health gamble when consuming bottled water -- even electrolyte water.

Environmental Impact:

According to the EPI Worldwide "2.7 million tons (2.4 million metric tons) of plastic are used to bottle water each year.  The plastic most commonly used is polyethylene terepthalate (PET), which is derived from crude oil.  Making bottles to meet Americans demand for bottled water requires more than 1.5 million barrels of oil annually, enough to fuel some 100,000 U.S. cars for a year, while transporting these bottles burns even more oil.  Most of the bottles, about 86 percent  become garbage or litter, according to the Container Recycling Institute in Washington, D.C.  Plastic debris in the environment can take between 400 and 1,000 years to degrade"(National Geographic,Bottled Water).  Pollution from the production, transportation, and use of plastic water bottles has become so pervasive cities such as San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle have banned the sale of alkaline bottled water.

Scientific Study:

In a study conducted by "the University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory on 10 brands of bottled water revealed a wide range of pollutants, including not only disinfection by products, but also common urban wastewater pollutants like caffeine and pharmaceuticals (Tylenol); heavy metals and minerals including arsenic and radioactive isotopes; fertilizer residue (nitrate and ammonia); and a broad range of other, tentatively identified industrial chemicals used as solvents, plasticizers, viscosity decreasing agents, and propellants"(EWG).  Another study conducted by the National Resources Defense Council found that "after testing more than 1,000 bottles that about one fourth of the bottled water brands (23 of 103 waters, or 22 percent) were contaminated at levels violating strict enforceable state (California) limits for the state in which they were purchased, in at least one sample. The NRDC also found that almost one fifth of the waters tested (18 of 103, or 17 percent) exceeded unenforceable sanitary guidelines for microbiological purity in at least one test. In all, at least one sample of one third of the waters we tested (34 of 103, or 33 percent) exceeded a state enforceable standard for bacterial or chemical contamination, a nonenforceable microbiological-purity (HPC) guideline, or both" (NRDC).  Simply put, due to loose regulation, with bottled water you do not know what you are getting. Instead, you should trust a home water filter system that is designed to filter out impurities and provide you and your family with the healthiest water possible such as a Bawell alkaline water ionizing system. Our system is designed with your health in mind, providing you with immediate access to purified alkaline and acidic water that is ph-balanced to provide the maximum health benefits possible, whether it's for drinking or cleaning.

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