The Banning Of Bottled Water In Third World Countries

Water is essential to life, scientific fact, not debatable (Tracy). More than half of all Americans drink bottled water; about a third of the public consumes it regularly (Olsen). Many drink or buy bottled water simply because they believe it is of better quality, cleaner, and better tasting. On the contrary, several individuals do not know the cons of drinking bottled water. Today, there are many misconceptions and myths about bottled water. Many people are uneducated about what goes into our bottles and how it not only affects us but also our environment. In the article “The New Oil” by Jeneen Interlandi and Ryan Tracy they discuss the issues that have to do with water and the privatization of it. They believe there is a crisis and something has to be done. Due to the cost, pollution, shortage, and health issues, bottled water should be outlawed. Water should not be controlled by water bottle companies and should not be allowed to be sold in plastic bottles.

From helping the daily jogger stay hydrated during a run to that mom and family trying to stay hydrated at the amusement park, bottled water has had a lot of good to it. However do those goods outweigh the bad? In “Bottled Water: Friend or Foe?” by Christopher Castillo, Diana Goettsch, Angela Reid, and Catherine Sterling argue bottled water are our worst enemy, reasons being the bottle itself has harming chemicals within it which we are drinking, bottled water damages our environment, and lastly we are spending more on bottled water when we have the same water coming from our sinks.

We should ban bottled water because also it can cause water shortages. According to the article- 5 reasons to ban bottled water, “bottled water industries take lots of water from an underground aquifer.” This is important because that can, in some countries, make it awful for the people who have to find water everyday just to survive, if we ban bottled water people won’t have to worry about not finding water because our money isn’t being wasted on bottled water, and we can spend it on supplies to save those thirsty familys.

It reduces the likelihood of bottles being thrown around, which causes danger to our surroundings. "Many more bottles end up in landfill where they slowly degrade, leeching their chemicals into the soil" ("Tap Water or Bottled Water"). Most bottles people drink out of don't get recycled, they become harmful to our environment. Each person that stops drinking bottled water, helps benefit the environment just a little more.

How bottled water is better at school. Bottled water is better for community because it is safer because tap water is in the pipes and that can contain chemicals and bacterias. Another reason why it shouldn’t be banned in school is because you can bring your own water and if you bring your own water bottle you can refill it. Another reason why kids should be allowed to bring bottled water is because you are letting the kids stay hydrated and you don’t have to leave the classroom to get a drink. The last reason why kids should be able to bring bottled water is because you can also

The main issue with bottled water is the effect it has on the environment. Plastic bottles are drastically increasing the size of landfills and can take up to five hundred years to decompose. At the rate plastic

There are many pros and cons to using water bottles. The following 3 articles are showing different viewpoints of whether plastic water bottles should be not used in our society Did you know that bottled water we all once drank out of the other day could somewhat contain tap water? The importance of water bottles in our society and generation is that we need it for emergency purposes and maintain a healthy life. We all know that plastic water bottles are very healthy and good to keep your body hydrated. We also know that bottled water is very nutritious due to it being “purified.” But, these so called “credible companies” that claim that this purified water is really what it's meant to be is not mostly correct. I will be explaining

According to the article “cision” “Nestle Waters North America Donates more than 1 million bottles of water to hurricane Harvey Relief.” That was only a portion of how much bottled water was donated to hurricane harvey survivors and bottled water isn’t just for natural disaster survivors. So the next time you think of getting rid of bottled water think of all the people whose lives you could save. Don’t ban bottled water.

According to International Bottled Water Association they say that people use water bottles for lot’s of their on reasons and creativity. Also for school if the water fountains were not working then water bottles would be needed.Or when there is a natural disaster and water bottles are the only chooses but there are none what would schools do then.

One reason that I believe bottled water is not suitable to give to everyone in the school, is because it causes a lot of environmental problems. According to The Story of Bottled Water by Annie Leonard, “Each year, making the plastic waste bottles used in the U.S. takes enough oil and

I think that bottled water should not be banned from schools and should be used and accepted everywhere. As humans we need water to survive, whether the water is from the tap or a supposed sanctuary of pure water. What is the difference? Water is still water and that is what it will always be. We do not need fancy labels, brands, slogans, or other marketing ideas to influence the way we think about bottled water. All water should just be water, bottled or not.

Bottled water is extremely expensive. Why pay for water when we can have it for free at our disposable through our own water supply. In 2016 Americans drank over 30 billion bottles of water spending almost 12 billion dollars (Statistic Brain, 2016). Many people complain about our water supply, some say it taste like bleach, others say it has a metal after taste and some say they just do not trust it. Americans are spending money on water filters and also purchasing bottled water when in reality many bottled water companies are using tap water and purifying it themselves. The Safe Drinking Water Act was implemented to assure the American people that our water is clean and safe to ingest (Environmental Protection Agency, 2016).

Due to the environment impact, we decided to explore the students’ basic knowledge and opinions of bottled water, and whether or not to ban bottled water at Brigham Young University-Hawaii. In order to answer this question, we conducted a survey and over 90 students were involved. The majority of participants think the university should not ban bottled water at Brigham Young University-Hawaii, since the bottled water is considered more hygiene, convenient and tasty. The implications of these results are useful for water system organizations.

Bottled is more convenient to carry than tap water. For instance, in a state of emergency bottled water will be the only water available. During hurricane Irma many people was left without any power or clean water and had to use bottled water to take baths. However, bottled water isn’t only convenient for devastating emergency’s, but is a great source to choose from when people are always on the run.

Another reason why bottled water should not be banned but encouraged is because of emergency. What if there is an It is choosing an absolutely humongous bill over clean cheap water. ? Some earthquakes have been so bad that certain charities were looking for people buried in debris for days to weeks. If something even similar to this happens and all people believed in was tap water, they are going to wish they had a bottle of pure water in their