Nrdc Bottled Water

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The natural resources defense council s report bottled water. Nrdc sues to protect kids from perchlorate in tap water the toxic chemical is a component of rocket fuel munitions and fireworks and has already been found in drinking water in 26 states. 119 filters 96 water bottles 20 pitcher 1 10 water from the tap 236 10. In 1999 after a four year review of the bottled water industry and its safety standards nrdc concluded that there is no assurance that bottled water is cleaner or safer than tap.

The nrdc found that at least one sample of about one third of the tested water contained significant contamination where significant contamination means that it violated standards or guidelines. That means a family of four can potentially save 3 114 67 236 10 2 878 57 each year by switching from bottled water to a water filter. Bottled water pure drink or pure hype. Much more information can be found in nrdc s report.

Is some 75 pages of text along with another 75 pages of appendixes. The nrdc recently completed a four year study of bottled water which included testing more than 1000 bottles of 103 brands of bottled water. Nrdc s march 1999 petition to the fda and attached report are the results of our four year study of the bottled water industry including its bacterial and chemical contamination problems. He says that meaningful oversight of this extremely.

This is a huge multibillion dollar industry selling a product that is viewed by many consumers as safer than tap water says erik olson senior director of health and food at the natural resources defense council nrdc which published a four year bottled water study in 1999. Unfortunately the biggest effect may well be that of. Many people will never actually read the report but the media campaign launched by the nrdc to promote the authors conclusions will have far reaching effects.