{"id":2411,"date":"2010-04-05T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/food-myths-water-tap-or-bottled.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:46:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:46:06","slug":"food-myths-water-tap-or-bottled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2411","title":{"rendered":"Food Myths: Water- Tap or Bottled?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Myth:<\/strong> Bottled water is safer than tap water.<\/p>\n

Reality:<\/strong> Tap water is subject to stricter government standards.<\/p>\n

Americans gulp down 28.5 gallons of bottled water per capita each year, discarding billions of plastic containers. It’s convenient, sure, but is it healthier than plain old tap water?<\/p>\n

“There’s no guarantee that bottled water is any safer than the water that comes out of your tap,” says Wendy Gordon of the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council.<\/p>\n

The reason: Tap water is subject to stricter standards and more rigorous testing than bottled water. The EPA requires large municipalities to test water for bacteria in an independent lab a dozen times a day.<\/p>\n

The FDA mandates that water used for bottling be analyzed only once a week for bacteria. What’s more, water that’s packaged and sold in the same state — about 70% of the bottled water sold in the U.S. — is exempt from federal regulation because it doesn’t cross state lines, leaving it with “inconsistent protection,” says Peter Gleick of the Pacific Institute. — Dody Tsiantar <\/em><\/div>\n

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