Aquafina to say it comes from same source as tap water

[SecularMotion]

Source: ABC News

The label on Aquafina water bottles will soon be changed to spell out that the drink comes from the same source as tap water, the brand's owner PepsiCo said Friday.

A group called Corporate Accountability International has been pressuring bottled water sellers to curb what it calls misleading marketing practices.

Aquafina is the single biggest bottled water brand, and its bottles are now labeled "P.W.S." The new labels will spell out "public water source."

"If this helps clarify the fact that the water originates from public sources, then it's a reasonable thing to do," PepsiCo pep spokeswoman Michelle Naughton said Friday.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=3428260&page=1

[RobinA]

1. Cue Bottled Water Haters... nt

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[Human101948]

3. The only good thing that can be said for it is...

it has replaced bottled soda for many people and thus is reducing the diabetes epidemic.

[dkhbrit]

12. Nonsense

Please show the evidence that soda causes diabetes? Unique causation? People need to quit throwing these sound bites around.

[Human101948]

13. Nonsense yourself...

Myth: Eating too much sugar causes diabetes.

Fact: The answer is not so simple. Type 1 diabetes is caused by genetics and unknown factors that trigger the onset of the disease; type 2 diabetes is caused by genetics and lifestyle factors.

Being overweight does increase your risk for developing type 2 diabetes, and a diet high in calories from any source contributes to weight gain. Research has shown that drinking sugary drinks is linked to type 2 diabetes.

The American Diabetes Association recommends that people should avoid intake of sugar-sweetened beverages to help prevent diabetes. Sugar-sweetened beverages include beverages like:

regular soda
fruit punch
fruit drinks
energy drinks
sports drinks
sweet tea
other sugary drinks.
These will raise blood glucose and can provide several hundred calories in just one serving!

http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/myths/

[PatSeg]

19. +1

And that's just the diabetes connection!

[uawchild]

20. very informative reply

Thanks you for posting the additional information, it's totally spot on.

[longship]

4. Given that bottled water is an utter rip off, Yes!

If you like bottled water, buy a reusable bottle and fill it from the tap. You get the same damned thing as commercial bottled water (except the throw-away plastic bottle).

[yeoman6987]

14. I have tried both and for whatever reason the bottled water tastes better

[longship]

16. Get a water filter.

You will save money. Even with a reverse osmosis filter, which are relatively easy to self-install and provide very clear water.

Plus, the plastic throwaway bottles are just horrible for the environment.

Hope this helps.

[JudyM]

17. +1. I have a Pur pitcher and the taste and %contaminant removal are great. Fill bottles for the gym,

and take em with me. Plastic is horrible for the planet and who knows what chems leach into the water, anyway...

[yeoman6987]

21. It does thank you

[EX500rider]

23. Let your tap water sit out over night in a open container...

.....should taste fine by morning.

[Xithras]

24. There are several reasons bottled water tastes better

First, nearly all of the major bottled water vendors do pH and mineral balancing of their water, and the balances are optimized to the human palate. With tap water, you get what the local ground or rivers give you. In some parts of the U.S. (San Francisco) the tap water is awesome. In others (Orlando) it's barely palatable.

Second, you have the chemicals. Municipal tapwater sources add everything from chlorine to flouride to tapwater, and that impacts the taste. Virtually all bottled water companies filter these out.

Third, you have the TDS issue. Total dissolved solids are basically all of the various crap that gets into water as it flows through the aquifier, gets pumped and stored, and then makes it through the cities pipes into your house. TDS in natural water sources can be up to 6000mg/liter. Federal law limits TDS to 500mg/liter, and most cities are going to be somewhere between 150mg/liter and 250mg/liter. Your average filtered bottled water is going to have under 100mg/liter, and some of the top brands like Aquafina are down in the 20mg/liter range. Because TDS is basically random crap floating around in your water, it has a huge impact on taste.

My local tap water is pretty gross, but I've got a Pelican whole house reverse osmosis system that makes my tapwater just about as clean as bottled water. I've got 65mg/liter at the kitchen tap, and 210mg/liter at the unfiltered outside hose bib.

[7962]

2. Many on the market are just filtered tap water.

There was a news story on it years ago. Nothing illegal either. They just filter tap water, which makes it "filtered water' and marketable.
Still cant believe how many people actually pay more for water than gasoline; not to mention the billions of plastic bottles headed to the landfill.
Buy a good filter, install it in your home, and you've got "bottled water"!

[oberliner]

6. It's not always easy/possible to carry around a bottle of water and refill it

If one is out and about and finds oneself at a deli or something for lunch, I think buying a bottle of water is a reasonable thing to do.

[7962]

9. Certainly, but the vast majority of bottles are sitting in the frig at home.

Thats why the stores sell them by the case. Even where I live, where the water comes from an aquifer and is always very highly rated, i see people at the stores buying cases of water all the time. Its just such a waste of money

[oberliner]

15. Yeah - I agree with you there

Those are ridiculous.

[roomtomove]

5. PWS??????......

Now that really clarifies the source of the water.......

[Rafale]

7. Shocking

Because it tastes like distilled sewer water.

[Myrina]

8. ... comes from the same source as tap water ...

... but is "owned" by a soft-drink company which then charges us for it.

Anyone else see something wrong with this picture?

[7962]

10. They're paying for it. They arent pumping from a well, they're turning on the spigot

X per 1000 gallons, I imagine. Then they filter it and jack up the price to the sheep who buy it

[FiveGoodMen]

28. Very much so.

But the public falls for it endlessly.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. This Happened To A Local Chicago Firm Too

I believe it was the 90's. They didn't do small bottle stuff, but more the 3 or 5 gallon jug.

A local news team sent someone in with a hidden camera and videotaped them using the city water line to fill their bottles.

Created a stir around these parts, as they were advertising on "purity", but they did no extra purification. Just a sieve to keep any visible "floaties" from the water line out of the bottle.

[hunter]

18. It's water blessed and marketed by our holy corporate overlords.

That's what makes it special.

[Javaman]

22. of all the water you drink daily there is a 100% chance that that water was also drank by...

dinosaurs.

in other words, water is water is water is water.

society is just too stupid to realize this because of clever marketing campaigns purposely designed to deceive us.

[Flying Squirrel]

25. Someone should sell "T-Rex water"

Guaranteed to have passed through the body of a dinosaur.

[arcane1]

26. And passed through the bladder of said dinosaur too n/t

[RobinA]

27. Well, This

member of society prefers the taste of bottled water, which means I drink it, which means I don't walk around dehydrated, which means the people around me have a nicer life, because I'm a witch when dehydrated.

We're not allowed to drink sugary drinks, we aren't allowed to drink artificially sweetened drinks, and we aren't allowed to drink bottled water. So the only approved drink is tap water. Only in these conservative times could food become so politicized.