What’s in your bottled water? A comprehensive new Environmental
Working Group (EWG) report found that you really don’t have any
way to know. What’s on the labels? Bucolic scenes of mountain
streams and crystal clear lakes adorn the plastic bottles along
with vague claims about the pristine source and purity of the
water. The unfortunate reality is, there is no such thing
anymore. All drinking water needs to be properly treated before
it is consumed. EWG studied the “transparency” of 173 varieties
of bottled water. That is, they evaluated how well the bottled
water companies provided information about the water’s source,
purification methods and results of purity testing. Turns out,
for over half of the brands, very little is revealed about where
the water came from, how it was treated, and what’s actually in
it. The bottled water companies like it this way. They have been
fighting hard against labeling even in the midst of serious
public criticism for lack of accountability. The most shocking
finding was that