Water bottle companies poison the minds of consumers as well as the ecosystem

Bottled water is one of the world’s most popular beverages and aids in fighting against the global water crisis. 

The bottled water market is the biggest in the Global South which includes the Asia-Pacific, Africa, Latin America and Caribbean regions. These also happen to be the places with the most contaminated water. These specific regions make up 60 percent of all water bottle sales, according to Radio Free Asia.

Water contamination is one of the leading causes of death making up around 3.4 million deaths per year worldwide, with children being the most of that percentage, according to Swacon International Hospital. Bottled water seems like a great solution and product to spread to people living in the Global South, but there are other consequences.

Bottled water companies such as Deer Park and Dasani are classified as spring water, meaning they come from a freshwater spring. Spring water is naturally filtered underground and collected from springs or boreholes. 

Alkaline, spring, purified, filtered and many more subgenres of water bottle companies promote different health benefits that are buzzword based. However, what they do not specify is that they are just as bad for the planet whilst trying to help it, which contradicts its purpose entirely.

One out of every five plastic water bottles will end up being recycled, according to The Environmentor, which is not great odds. This means that four out of five end up in landfills totaling 20 billion per year. This waste ultimately ends up being burned and polluted into the sky, fogging the lungs and causing respiratory and other health-related issues. 

The overconsumption of water bottles being littered and thrown away also leads to the polluting of our streets and most importantly our oceans. 

Trash and other plastics in the ocean are terrible for animal wildlife. Ocean animals such as sea turtles are facing a huge problem as they are now classified as endangered because of these plastics killing them.

Among the many underlying lies these water companies tell you, many water bottle companies fill their bottles with 50 percent local tap water contradicting their promised cleanliness.

Bottled waters are extremely under-regulated and they do not undergo the same testing as other foods and liquids sold. 

According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, about one-third of plastic water bottles contain some level of contamination, proving it to not be safer or cleaner than regular tap water contrary to popular belief.

The FDA does not require bottled water companies to use certified laboratories for water quality testing or to report test results. The FDA also does not require bottled water labels to list ingredients and nutritional information either according to the Minnesota Department of Heath.

Sketchy.