My Sports Water Bottle

I think I used to be addicted to bottled water.

The kind you buy in a store, encased in plastic, often coming in packs of 24.

These bottles of water look so sanitary – they look like they’re delicately put together, with the cleanest, purest water.

However, the Environmental Working Group has recently found that some of these bottled water manufacturers create products that may be dangerous to your health.

Potentially cancerous materials, including radioactive isotopes, heavy metals, and household waste like caffeine and Tylenol were found in bottles of water.

The full report can be found at http://www.ewg.org/reports/bottledwater

There have been other reports in the news such as this, reporting on leaching plastic to different problems in bottled water.

It’s because of this information that I’ve changed to drinking tap water with sports water bottles.

The need to stay hydrated is unquestionable – the benefit of drinking water has been well documented, and personally I try to drink the recommended eight glasses a day.

My tap water may not be perfect – there are often some contaminants in drinking water systems.

However, I can go to my city and ask for a report on the water – it’s tested annually and I can get a full report of what it is I’m drinking.

If I’m not happy with my city report, I can take the water from my tap to a lab that will measure anything in it.

If I find that my water isn’t good quality, I can get a commercial grade water cooler – the kind with 5 gallon tanks – that is often more tested than conventional store bought bottled water.

Another alternative is to buy a water filtration system for your house or apartment – I’ve seen many systems that will cost justify within a year’s use.

I also keep a good number of sports water bottles around the house to ensure that when one is empty or in the dishwasher, I’m able to always have a clean one to use.

With proper planning and research, it’s easy to determine what the best way to get the best quality water into your body is.

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