Bottled water produces up to 1.5 million tons of plastic waste per year. Plastic requires up to 47 million gallons of oil per year to produce. And while the plastic used to bottle beverages is of high quality and in demand by recyclers, over 80 percent of plastic bottles are simply thrown away.

If you don’t save the bottled water for an emergency you are not thinking about later you are thinking about now. You are drinking bottled water when you don’t even need to. Bottle water and tap water is the same thing. Bottled water-has more waste and you have to pay for it. Tap water-has all the same things as bottled except no price and no waste

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Water bottles are bad. Water bottles are bad because it causes pollution. Also some people sell water battles that have bacteria in it depending on were they get the water. Water bottles also cost more than tap water. Water systems are aging and remains hundreds of chemical contaminants in the water.

By: James Belbin

Plastic Water bottles are made from crude oil that contains toxic chemicals once that is drawing some concern is BPA. BPA is a chemical that is produced from oil and used in bottle water companies to create the polycarbonate bottle. This chemical in repetitive studies has shown to alter the hormones in the bodies of many animals, humans and rats a like. BPA when it alters the hormones in your body many things can happen, your hormones control how your body works, and reacts to new situations. The BPA Chemical in these studies has shown studies to increase obesity in young children and teens by slowing down their metabolism, in many occurrences BPA has been the cause of cancer tumors in lab experiments on rats and mice. In recent years the number of children that have contracted diabetes has increased, similar enough the bottle water out is has increased too, combined with water scares that say the tap water is bad, many mother are feeding their children with bottle water instead of tap water. In a study in 1995 done by a British research team, found that children who had been diagnosed with Diabetes had high levels of BPA in their blood around the time they were diagnosed. The researchers had concluded that the BPA chemical was to blame for the children’s contraction of this disease.

Another point to add is not all plastics are made with the use of BPA, Plastics are classified in different levels 1-7. Plastics objects made with recycle-ability of 1-5 are made with very very small amounts of BPA, nothing to be worried about, but water bottles are made with 6 and 7 levels. When a bottle is made with 6 and 7 the BPA chemicals are not removed from the plastics during the processing unlike 1-5 which the chemicals are burned off. The bottles are safe for a small period of time after processing, but after a few weeks the BPA chemicals start to seep into the water, which is then drank by consumers. In conclusion BPA is being consumed by many people world wide everyday from drinking water from a bottle, predicted by researchers: in the next 10-15 years the world will be suffering from numerous health problems.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199708)14:8<693::AID-DIA412>3.0.CO;2-T/abstract 1096-9136(199708)14:8<693::AID-DIA412>3.0.CO;2-T/abstract)

http://www.mnn.com/food/healthy-eating/stories/5-reasons-not-to-drink-bottled-water

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A#Health_effects (for research studies and statistics)

A drop of water is worth more than a sack of gold to a thirsty man

Plastic can kill many types of fish species. There have been 26 pieces of fish found in one single fish. Fish are extremly vital to the environment as a food source for birds which eat bugs therfore the cycle of life.

Bottled water is not strictly regulated while tap water is, so you have no idea what you are drinking when you drink bottled water.

Water bottle usage, although maybe a leading corporate industry, is not worth making the environment worse than it already is. These bottles will not start to decompose for another 700 years.

In this day and age, people drink water from plastic bottles. This action arouses much conflict because people of many concerns. Where do these bottles go? How is it different from regular tap water? The answers to these questions are what stir up the arguments. In 2008 alone, almost 2.5 million tons of plastic bottles and jars were disposed of. Where does this all go? Over ten percent of that winds up in the ocean. Tap water compared to bottled water very controversial. The fact of the matter is that tap water is cleaner, cheaper, and healthier than bottled water, making it senseless to drink bottled water. Lastly, over 90% of the cost of a bottle of water is the bottle itself.

Ok so in real life bottled water is just purified tap water now people know that but still bye bottled water when they could be saving money and convert to purified tap water. But do these people really know where they are getting there water from, yah a store but before that. It comes from a pond or lake and just transformed to purified water and made into something you already have at home. Bottled water can cost up to 10,000 times more per gallon than tap water. Nearly 90 percent of water bottles are not recycled and wind up in landfills where it takes thousands of years for the plastic to decompose. But the worst part is the fact that all the leading brands and others use lake or tap water that ends up drying lakes and drying up the earth and most people don't notice this and the others have usually tried and failed but if we all work together we can all Ban Water unless there is a reason too. Like if there is no clean water left, etc. So next time you drink a bottle of Fiji water or Dasani water just remember that is coming from either tap or a lake.

Yes I do feel that the consumption of water bottles should not be allowed anywhere unless in the case of emergency. Plastic bottles can leak chemicals after a period of time. Water bottles also are almost never recycled, and end up in landfills which lead to pollution of our environment. They take 700 years to start to decompose. 90% of the cost is the bottle itself... The water is usually tap water, and is not regulated. Even if tap water is dirty, you can easily clean it out with leaves, moss, and some water cleanser. Nearly one in five tested water bottles have bacteria anyway.

Water bottles should be banned except for times of an emergency because they can be harmful to peoples health as. Tap water is actually cleaner, cheaper and healthier than store-bought water. Tap, unlike Bottled water, is tested and regulated to make sure it is clean for people to use and drink. Bottled water is not regulated in this way and does not get tested as often. Because of this, bottled water is not as clean and healthy as people seem to believe. Also, the products used to make the plastic bottles can cause cancer. The chemicals in the plastic can leach into the water over time, and they pose a serious health risk to those who drink it. Water bottles should only be used in times when no other clean water is available. Why buy water bottles with so many health risks when you could have healthy and clean (tap) water for free?

Bottled water should be only used for emergencies weather it be natural or human disaster. To help people in need and not pollute in the environment and harm habitats by dumping in the ocean or in landfills. Plastic doesn’t decompose so in that case do not use on for emergencies.

Yeah I have a bottle of water next to me its no bid deal!

Estimates variously place worldwide bottled water sales at between $50 and $100 billion each year, with the market expanding at the startling annual rate of 7 percent. Bottled water is big business. But in terms of sustainability, bottled water is a dry well.

Plastic water bottles also are the most prevalent source of pollution found on beaches. The plastic can harm animals and disrupt sea life. 38 million plastic bottles go to the dump per year in America from bottled water alone, causing much of the plastic pollution problems in the world. It takes 700 years for a bottle to begin composting, so these bottles we use will be around our entire lives and even for the lives of our children and grand children. Because of all these problems that can last many years into the future, we should stop using water bottles and switch to tap water. Instead of buying a new bottle each time, people should get a washable bottle that you can refill and that doesn’t have any of the harmful chemical plastic water bottles do.

Water bottles can easily be made into long term fiber materials, like clothing or carpet. It is easy to just fill cup with water and re use it.

FISH ARE DROWNING, THE FISH ARE DROWNING.

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Over 1.5 million barrels of oil were used to make the plastic bottles consumed in the US last year–and that doesn’t include the petroleum used to transport them. That’s enough petroleum to power 100,000 automobiles for a year.

There are direct links to drinking bottled water and certain types of disease, even cancer.

The growth in bottled water production has increased water extraction in areas near bottling plants, leading to water shortages that affect nearby consumers and farmers. In addition to the millions of gallons of water used in the plastic-making process, two gallons of water are wasted in the purification process for every gallon that goes into the bottles.

Water bottles, good or bad? Many people believe plastic water bottles to be good. But the truth is water bottles are polluting land and unnecessary. Plastic water bottles should only be used in emergency purposes only. The water in those plastic are only filtered tap water. In an emergency situation like Katrina no one had access to tap water. In a situation like this water bottles are good because it provides the people in need. Other than that water bottles should not be legal because it pollutes the land and big companies get 1000% of the profit.

In reality, bottled water is just water. That fact isn't stopping people from buying a lot of it. Estimates variously place worldwide bottled water sales at between $50 and $100 billion each year, with the market expanding at the startling annual rate of 7 percent. Bottled water is big business. But in terms of sustainability, bottled water is a dry well. It's costly, wasteful and distracts from the brass ring of public health: the construction and maintenance of safe municipal water systems. Bottled water manufacturers’ encourage the perception that their products are purer and safer than tap water. Bottled water can cost up to 10,000 times more per gallon than tap water. But the reality is that tap water is actually held to more stringent quality standards than bottled water, and some brands of bottled water are just tap water in disguise. Approximately 1.5 million barrels of oil—enough to run 100,000 cars for a whole year—are used to make plastic water bottles, while transporting these bottles burns even more oil. The growth in bottled water production has increased water extraction in areas near bottling plants, leading to water shortages that affect nearby consumers and farmers. In addition to the millions of gallons of water used in the plastic-making process, two gallons of water are wasted in the purification process for every gallon that goes into the bottles. Nearly 90 percent of water bottles are not recycled and wind up in landfills where it takes thousands of years for the plastic to decompose. The high price of bottled water is not the water but, in actuality, the cost of the bottling, packaging, shipping, marketing, retailing and transporting it all over the globe. When calculating your carbon footprint, you might want to consider the carbon footprint of the bottled water you drink. Next time you pick up a bottle of Fiji Water, think about the distance the bottle and the water have traveled before it hits your lips.

The major water produceing companies are stealing water from our lakes in that case killing off habitats for criters that like water like platypus.

Water should only be saved and used for emergencies. If an earthquake, hurricane, winter storm or other disaster strikes your community, you might not have access to water for days, or even weeks. So when there is an emergency you would want bottle water. So the bottled water that everyone thinks is better and healthier than tap water is not even true. So like in reality, bottled water is just water. There's very little evidence that suggests bottled water is any cleaner or better for you than its tap equivalent. So like you should save the bottled water for and emergency and drink tap water instead of waiting until there is actually something wrong and tap water is unavailable or gross and polluted. Some people are worried about if their tap water is harmful and they would like filtered water but most bottle water is tap water and there are bottles that are sold that have a filter in the bottle that filters it the same way a filter would filter the other water. Or you can buy a pitcher that filters the tap water and there are filters that go right on to your sink so the water that comes out of your faucet will be filtered. So there are other options that can be bought that can filter your water and you can use tap water instead of using bottled water. Also when you buy bottled water and you throw away the bottle instead of recycling it you are harming the environment. Over 80 percent of plastic bottles are simply thrown away.

Bottled water produces up to 1.5 million tons of plastic waste per year.

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Like punching in a dream breathing life into my nightmare

If it falls apart I would surely wake it

Bright lights turn me clean

This is worse than it seems

well with our water bottle consumption on the planet earth, we could cover all of mexico 3 Times, of could that would be a lot of "rich" in their mind Mexicans.

In New York City alone, the transportation of bottled water from western Europe released an estimated 3,800 tons of global warming pollution into the atmosphere. In California, 18 million gallons of bottled water were shipped in from Fiji in 2006, producing about 2,500 tons of global warming pollution.

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The high price of bottled water is not the water but, in actuality, the cost of the bottling, packaging, shipping, marketing, retailing and transporting it all over the globe

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Take, for instance, Pepsi's Aquafina or Coca-Cola's Dasani bottled water. Both are sold in 20 ounce sizes and can be purchased from vending machines alongside soft drinks — and at the same price. Assuming you can find a $1 machine, that works out to 5 cents an ounce. These two brands are essentially filtered tap water, bottled close to their distribution point. Most municipal water costs less than 1 cent per gallon.

So why would you pay for something that comes out of your sink.

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Profits HA you want money or do you want to live Longer well without water have fun with that

this is a load of bull excrament. These arguments are not factual and make your team seem like a bunch of foolish fools.

Yes it is creating SIERIOUS issues to the envirnment. When people finally realize that is in turn hurting us to as humans maybe they won't want that plastic after all!

People drink water every day and are oblivious to the fact that they are destroying are own planet

http://www.wateruseitwisely.com/

It's costly, wasteful and distracts from the brass ring of public health: the construction and maintenance of safe municipal water systems.