| Is Your Drinking Water as Safe as it Could Be? |
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What's In your Water? Did You Know ? ✔ According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, public water utilities have violated the Safe Drinking Water Act more than 700,000 times in the past seven years.** ✔ Unlike public water utilities, the bottled water industry is not required to publicly disclose the results of any contaminant testing it conducts. ✔ Bottled water may not be contaminant free. The EWG found a total of 38 contaminants in the water of 10 popular brands.*** ✔ In 2007, 8.8 billion gallons of bottled water were consumed in the US.**** ✔ In 2007, 1.64 million tons of bottled water packaging materials were produced in the U.S.; only 34% of those materials were recycled.**** ✔ According to the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ resolution, it takes 1.5 million barrels of oil every year to facilitate the production of water bottles made for use in the U.S. That’s enough oil to power 50,000 cars for a year. And, let's face it; bottled water is expensive and not good for the environment. The good news is that cleaner, healthier water is just a pitcher away.
To learn more and to purchase the Get Clean Water Pitcher system from Shaklee, use this link to my secure online Shaklee store or email Elise@EliseHearn.com Your interest in better health for yourself and your family as well as support of my Shaklee business is greatly appreciated. Refer your family and friends to this site as well as my online Shaklee Store. Thank you! **FACTOIDS: Drinking Water and Ground Water Statistics for 2009 (EPA 2009 ***EWG bottled water quality investigation (2008) ****International Bottled Water Association 2007 |