Bottled Water To The Recsue - Again
Hardly a week
goes by that I don't get an Email or a comment to a blog from someone
who is anti bottled water. It is of course perfectly respectable to
have an opinion pro or con about anything but what usually happens is
that, in the end, the writer is just pushing a product of some sort.
These are usually water filters, RO systems, tap water etc. Please
don't misunderstand stand me, these are wonderful products and I am
involved with all of them, more than you would think. So it is that
when the writer recommends the end of bottled water for much overplayed
reasons, I cant help but become dismayed. That is because not one of
the substitutions for bottled water has ever saved lives in an
emergency, such as a hurricane or flood.
A town in Palm Beach County Florida has what is being referred to as a "cancer cluster" because of an unusually high incidence of and deaths from various forms of brain cancer. All of the homes in this community get their water from private wells. These wells have been tested to determine if the water is the cause of the problems. For the most part the wells tested negative for most potential cancer causing cataminates. A small sampling of the wells did have elevated levels of radium or radioactive alpha particles. Much of our water throught out the country contains various levels if radium-226 or 228 but typically in amounts well below EPA standards. The radium in the ground water is being investigated as a potential source of the health problem.
On Thursday the community received a visit from one of Americas most famous consumer advocate and anti-pollution crusader Erin Brockovitch. Remember the oscar winning movie starring Julia Roberts?
Ms Brockovitch's advise to the residents of this village in turmoil was to remain calm and to try not to panic while the she and the state agencies work to determine the cause of the problem. She advised everyone at the meeting to take short showers and "Drink Bottled Water".
For more about how important bottled water is for our society, check out another story about bottled water saving lives, just this week, at www.bottledwaterstories.blogspot.com.
A town in Palm Beach County Florida has what is being referred to as a "cancer cluster" because of an unusually high incidence of and deaths from various forms of brain cancer. All of the homes in this community get their water from private wells. These wells have been tested to determine if the water is the cause of the problems. For the most part the wells tested negative for most potential cancer causing cataminates. A small sampling of the wells did have elevated levels of radium or radioactive alpha particles. Much of our water throught out the country contains various levels if radium-226 or 228 but typically in amounts well below EPA standards. The radium in the ground water is being investigated as a potential source of the health problem.
On Thursday the community received a visit from one of Americas most famous consumer advocate and anti-pollution crusader Erin Brockovitch. Remember the oscar winning movie starring Julia Roberts?
Ms Brockovitch's advise to the residents of this village in turmoil was to remain calm and to try not to panic while the she and the state agencies work to determine the cause of the problem. She advised everyone at the meeting to take short showers and "Drink Bottled Water".
For more about how important bottled water is for our society, check out another story about bottled water saving lives, just this week, at www.bottledwaterstories.blogspot.com.
Thanks for a good read. I actually totally agree with you that bottled water is imporant. Look at the crisis right now in Haiti, do you see what they are passing out to thousands of people, bottled water. It is critical to have a product that can quickly get in the hands of people in need of water, what is the best way, bottled water. In Andrews, Texas, there are some serious water issues. They are waiting on a grant to cover treatment costs, but in the meantime they are drinking bottled water. There are many reasons why bottled water is important. There are even bottles now that are fully compostable, so people can still use bottled water and still be "green".
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