Bottled Water is bullshit!
*Update Sept 22nd 07* Just bumping this one back up, I found a pretty interesting blog on Reddit.com which points to this article that informs.
(CORVALLIS, Ore. ) - Around the world, factories are using more than 18 million barrels of oil and up to 130 billion gallons of fresh water a year to create something that, by and large, most people don't need. But the product is so amazingly popular that sales are going up 10 percent a year, just like clockwork.
The big success story? Bottled water. And the resources mentioned above are just to make the plastic containers.
Another 41 billion gallons of water is then used to fill them – water that is often just tap water, and other times has less frequent monitoring for safety or purity than if it had come out of a tap.
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61. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that all bottled water be labeled for magnesium content. See:
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/pubs/WHO_cardiofullreport.pdf
Magnesium helps prevent heart attacks and strokes, and is natural in all ground water.
Hundreds of Medical Journal articles about magnesium in water are at: www.MgWater.com
Average magnesium content in bottled water outside the US is about 25 mg per liter, but inside the US the average bottled water contains about 3 mg per liter. The Adobe Springs
contain 110 mg of magnesium per liter, and Tastes Great! Adobe Springs water can supply all the magnesium lacking in the average consumers' diet.
The Adobe Springs flow at over 72 Million gallons per annum.
Come visit the Adobe Springs at 19,000 Del Puerto Canyon Road, Patterson, CA 95363, and bring jugs for free water from the FREE SPIGOTS. (Closed Saturdays 10-4 for maintenance), but otherwise open 24/7.
Paul Mason, Spring Manager (408) 897-3023
paul mason at 4:06PM on Oct 7th 2007