Saturday, January 29, 2011

Eco Event 2

I came across this site on StumbleUpon. It is a brief article that discusses the problems assoicated with bottled water. It provides shocking facts about the damage drinking bottled water is doing not only to the earth, but to our bodies. Some of the most interesting facts I found in this reading were that certain bodies of water contain five times more plastic than plankton and that bottles of water contain expiration dates to inform you of when so much time has passed that harmful chemicals are now being released from the plastic into the water. I use BPA-free water bottles, but that's not to say that I don't occasionally pick up a plastic bottle of water as well. The article suggests that consumers stop buying bottled water altogether. This leads me to wonder whether it is possible to completely eleminate the use of plastic bottles. Are people willing to only use BPA-free water bottles?

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