Bottled Water: Is It Good for you or Is It Man's Most Enjoyable Poison? Many people today either believe bottled water, in any form, is either the gift of life, or the spawn of evil. This is because of consumer misinformation, and the horrible fact that most Americans will believe nearly anything they are told. Amid many varying reports (Williams 1), it is clear that according to a Natural Resources Defense Council study conducted in 1999, which …showed first 75 words of 496 total…

…showed last 75 words of 496 total…of bottled water is tap water, it would then make sense just to purchase a home filtration system for your water needs (Water 1) and not have to worry about the traces of Arsenic found in water. Works Cited Unknown. "AWWA demands full disclosure on bottled water contaminants." Water Engineering & Management 147:4 (2000): 12. Unknown. "Bottled Water: Pure Water or Pure Hype?" Plumbing and Mechanical 16:5 (1999): 52. Williams, Mary Jo. "Is Bottled Water Really Safer To Drink than Tap?" Cosmopolitan 227:6 (1999): 84.