SHOULD YOU DRlNK BOTTLED WATER ?

BOTTLED WATER

? It tastes better
It’s easier to get water from the tap, so why do so many people drink bottled water at home? It tastes better, or so some people claim! They say that they can taste the chlorine* in chemically-treated tap water.
? It’s no eco-sinner
The bottled water company Danone claims that drinking bottled water only contributes about 0.06% of the total daily carbon emissions* of an average British person. Also, tap water is not as green as some eco-campaigners believe. The UK water companies leak* more water a day from old pipes than the amount of bottled water drunk in the UK in a year (2.27 billion litres)!
? It’s safer
Tap water contains fluoride and chlorine* both of which have been linked to cancer. But the advice is not to panic: Ed Yong, campaigns officer at Cancer Research UK, says: “Larger studies are needed before we can say for sure if