I'm not going to talk anyone into doing anything. I just provided information for those who might want to consider risk to something they do, or not.
It's up to the individual to be in tune with their own body and health.
But it's a little hard to swallow that "pure" water poured into plastic leaching chemicals into it is still pure. If it were in a glass bottle and kept in the dark then fine, it's probably still pure.
That said, those minerals in water dictate it's taste and feed electrolytes and minerals you lose when you sweat. Much of the benefits of water is the minerals.
Again, some companies who are even worth a crap will put minerals back into it. Those cheap companies, they pour what ever they want in it, as long as it doesn't kill you as soon as you drink it. Some bottle water companies have been caught taking water straight out of the ground or just city water into the bottles. Bottled water is occasionally recalled due to contaminants.
"Microplastics act as endocrine-disrupting chemicals, promote inflammation, result in negative health effects, and accumulate over time in organs like the liver, kidneys, and intestines."
"From treating and bottling to transportation and refrigeration, bottled water requires large amounts of energy.
In fact, bottled water production in the United States used 4 billion pounds (1.8 billion kg) of plastic in 2016 alone. The energy input required to produce that amount is equal to 64 million barrels of oil.
Furthermore, it’s estimated that only 20% of plastic water bottles in the United States get recycled. Most end up in landfills or bodies of water.
This is particularly problematic, as plastic bottles have been shown to release toxins as they degrade"
All plastics do.
"One gallon (3.8 liters) of tap water costs roughly $0.005 in the United States, while the same amount of bottled water, obtained from combining single-serving water bottles, costs around $9.47"
That said, people make their own choices.
My GF, an RN of 30 yrs, died last spring from brain cancer, she drank bottle water constantly, all day every day. It's not up to me to force anyone to do or not do anything. If the power of suggestions doesn't work most likely nothing else will. Now I could contribute it to plastics, but it's nothing I can prove. I just suspect.
The older ya get the more this stuff becomes more important, to many.
Freedom is making your own informed decisions.
