Categories: Lifestyle

The Story of Bottled Water – Discover Secrets in 8 Mins

Bottled water tastes SO much  better than tap. It’s cleaner, comes from mountains (aka the heavens) and is bottled up by major manufactures (such as Coca-cola, Fiji and many others – even supermarket brands) delivered to you, tasting better than water you can find anywhere else. Right?

Wrong.  (If you believe any of what I just wrote, you may question your intelligence want to re-read our blog title.)  Although I’ve discussed the ‘secrets’ of bottled water previously, activist Annie Leonard narrated the myths of this industry in this interesting & entertaining video:

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Julie Hancher

Julie Hancher is Editor-in-Chief of Green Philly, sharing her expertise of all things sustainable in the city of brotherly love. She enjoys long walks in the park with local beer and greening her travels, cooking & cat, Sir Floofus Drake.

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