Aquafina Dasani Carbon filtration - Minerals Reverse

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Bottled Water vs. TapIs there really any
difference?

• The safety question (Aquafina and Dasani ploy)
  crytosporidium concern
• ¼ bottled water comes from the tap!
• EPA vs. the FDA
• Lalumandier Study

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Lalumandier Study Findings

• while 39 of the 57 samples of bottled water had
  lower bacterial counts than the tap water
  samples, the 15 samples of bottled water that
  were not as pure as the tap water had anywhere
  from 10 to 1000 times the baterial levels of the
  Cleveland water plants (Bottled Water Pure
  Drink or Pure Hype?)

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The Marketing Scheme

• Biggest market leaders Aquafina, Dasani
• What theyre treated with that makes them so
  pure
• Aquafina Dasani
• Carbon filtration - Minerals
• Reverse osmosis
• Bottled doesnt mean pure similar risks to
  drinking tap water
• In one particularly egregious example of life
  not imitating art, a bottle label indicating
  spring water, with a misleading picture of a
  back surround by mountains on the labelwas
  actually from an industrial parking lot next to a
  hazardous waste site.

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The Life Cycle of a Plastic Water Bottle
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Alternatives to Bottled Water

• Water Filters
• Filters Like Brita and Pure remove 99 of
  Chlorine and heavy metals
• Made of Carbon Resin that takes less energy and
  oil to produce compared to bottled water.
• Filters provide on average 240 gallons of water
  per filter.
• More info at http//www.filterforgood.com/facts/
• Re-Usable Bottles
• Manufactured out of reusable materials like
  Stainless Steal
• Contain no BPA, and do not leak carcinogens like
  typical plastic bottles
• Cost efficient averaging about ten dollars,
  estimated 7 billon dollars saved by their use.
• Higher durability allows for more uses.

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Bibliography

• Casura, Lily. Strange Brew Whats Really in Our
  Drinking Water, Bottled and Otherwise. Townsend
  Letter for Doctors and Patients August 2002
  Print.
• Esty, Jennifer. Yale-New Haven Teachers
  Institute Yale.edu. N.p. 07 08 2006. Web. 23 Apr
  2010. http//www.yale.edu/ynhi/nationalcurriculum/
  units/2008/7/08.07.06.x.html.
• Various websites http//www.waterindustry.org/Wat
  er-Facts/filtered-1.htm www.brita.com
  http//www.nalgene-outdoor.com/
  http//www.biosexactly.com/Bios20Exactly/Bios-H20
  -Cat/CatH20.htm http//www.purwater.com/
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vSe12y9hSOM0