Bottled no better than tap, reports find
A new study, conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, has found that bottled water has more toxins and bacteria parts per million than regular old tap water.
The study, entitled Bottle versus Tap: The Quest the Find the Purest Water, tested 15 of the most popular bands of bottled water, such as Dasani, Aquafina, Evian and Naya, for toxins like microsystins and bacteria like cyanobacteria, which are known to pollute water resources.
“We found that 14 out of 15 companies bottling water are basically using unfiltered tap water,” Dave Morrow, Head Researcher for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. “In two cases we found that the bottled water was on par with water samples we took from sewers and polluted rivers.”
The study also found that over 80 per cent of Canadians buy one or more bottles of water every month, most of which have completely replaced their tap water drinking with bottled water.
Morrow said upon further investigation researchers found that the worst company was actually using unfiltered water from ditch, which ran beside the plant. He added that a farm that processes manure shared the ditch.
“The water looks fine because the companies just add chemicals to hide the stench and floating particles, but deep down that water is disgusting,” said Morrow.
The study also tested tap water for similar pollutants and found that city tap water is the cleanest resource when it comes to water.
“My tap water was tested and I always just assumed it was dirty,” said Margery Sanders, just one of the 5,000 people who had their tap water tested during the study.
Sanders also said that since she stopped drinking bottled water she has saved $5,000 and is taking her whole family on a vacation.
“I think we will go to Mexico. I hear the water is really clean.”
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The study, entitled Bottle versus Tap: The Quest the Find the Purest Water, tested 15 of the most popular bands of bottled water, such as Dasani, Aquafina, Evian and Naya, for toxins like microsystins and bacteria like cyanobacteria, which are known to pollute water resources.
“We found that 14 out of 15 companies bottling water are basically using unfiltered tap water,” Dave Morrow, Head Researcher for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. “In two cases we found that the bottled water was on par with water samples we took from sewers and polluted rivers.”
The study also found that over 80 per cent of Canadians buy one or more bottles of water every month, most of which have completely replaced their tap water drinking with bottled water.
Morrow said upon further investigation researchers found that the worst company was actually using unfiltered water from ditch, which ran beside the plant. He added that a farm that processes manure shared the ditch.
“The water looks fine because the companies just add chemicals to hide the stench and floating particles, but deep down that water is disgusting,” said Morrow.
The study also tested tap water for similar pollutants and found that city tap water is the cleanest resource when it comes to water.
“My tap water was tested and I always just assumed it was dirty,” said Margery Sanders, just one of the 5,000 people who had their tap water tested during the study.
Sanders also said that since she stopped drinking bottled water she has saved $5,000 and is taking her whole family on a vacation.
“I think we will go to Mexico. I hear the water is really clean.”
Continued on page B4
Disclaimer: Stories printed in the Fanshawe Distorter are in fact fictious. Any resemblance to persons real or dead is unintentional and entirely hilarious.
