Bottled Water: The Standard of Purity?‏

Issue No. 60, October 17, 2008		What percentage of your recycling comes from beverage containers? Take our anonymous poll and see how your recycling bin measures up to those of other New Dreamers.
Bottled Water: The Symbol of Purity?
Have you heard the news? Another study has shown that bottled water is not as clean and pristine as the advertisers lead millions of people to believe! The Environmental Working Group tested ten national brands of bottled water and detected 38 chemicals, including chlorine, fertilizer, and plastic-making chemicals (most likely leached from the bottles holding the water). Two of those brands are Sam’s Choice from Wal-Mart and Acadia from Giant Food supermarkets, both of them popular for their "bargain" price. Regardless of how inexpensive these brands might seem, they’re still more expensive than tap water while attaining no higher standard of purity. An older study conducted by the National Resources Defense Council had found that at least 40 percent of bottled water is nothing more than tap water—sometimes filtered, but not necessarily. You’ve heard this fact from us before. The Environmental Working Group’s study only confirms what we’ve been saying all along: bottled water is an environmental and a financial waste! Need more reasons to break your bottled water habit? Check out our top five reasons to switch back to tap as well as our top five ways to do it. And while you’re at it, take that committed next step and join the thousands of other Americans who have pledged to stop buying and drinking bottled water! Take the pledge; you may win a prize As a reward for getting other people involved in this campaign you could win... Grand Prize: A $5000 Live, Learn, and Experience Climate Change Prize from Brighter Planet, which includes a commuter bike and a trip for two to Glacier National Park. Brighter Planet is a Vermont-based company committed to fighting climate change and building a clean energy future. Second Prize: Two second prize winners will receive a package of one Wellness Kitchen S-III, and two Wellness H2.O Enhanced Water Bottle from Wellness Enterprises Third Prize: Five third prize winners will receive a reusable Wellness H2.O Enhanced Water Bottle from Wellness Enterprises and one Nuun mixed flavor multi-pack Fourth Prize: Twenty fourth prize winners will each receive one Nuun mixed flavor multi-pack that includes nine tubes from Nuun Active Hydration Everyone who signs up for this month's challenge will receive a 20% off coupon from Nuun Active Hydration.