Bottled Water - the $100 Billion Fraud Industry

Consumers spend a collective $100 billion every year on bottled water in the belief--often mistaken, as it happens--that this is better for us than what flows from our taps. At up to $2.50 per liter ($10 per gallon), bottled water costs more than gasoline in the United States.

I've also heard that it is worse for you than tap water in many cases because germs from your mouth can grow into nasties inside the bottle very quickly. I always thought it tasted funny anyway.

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