By using bottled water you are wasting oil and that is a good reason not to use bottled water. Transporting a heavy element results in wasted oil as does the manufacture of the bottles to hold that live giving substance. In a time of peak oil we should not be wasting oil. We need to preserve this oil for the manufacturing of food and plastics that we will need in the future. We could …show more content…
Plastic when it get in contact with water leaches phthalate which can cause cancers or infertility.The hotter plastic gets the more phthalates and you have a higher chance of getting cancer. This is not good for your body because bottled water can cause cancer.
Using bottled water we are making trash that then ends up in the ocean.When we are finished with drinking our bottled water the majority of us will the throw that plastic bottle into the dump. We are turning one of our most precious resources into rubbish that will then sit in a landfill site for about 450 years or get washed into the sea. By not using plastic bottles we are saving a lot of animals lives.
Americans want to drink out of bottled water because it is clearer which make them think it's healthier. U.S. law required that the tap water be quality-tested more frequently than bottled water. Nearly half of the bottled water like Aquafina and Dasani, that are sold in the U.S. is actually just filtered tap water. The water from the tap is just as clean as bottled water if not