Bottled water...

Concerns for our health have risen over the years in regards to the use of plastic in our everyday lives. One focus is on what I thought would be just a short trend years ago, but it has been a constant part of every store we walk into....the plastic water bottle.

It seems to be a way of life now.  Bottles have become BPA free. However this is just one chemical that you don't need to worry about, but studies are showing that there can be up to 24,000 chemicals in the plastic we use!

Several years ago I attended a seminar and one of the speakers (with a degree in environmental science) was adamant about getting the message out that no one should be drinking out of plastic bottles.  She felt so strongly about this and said that this water should "only be used in emergencies when there is no other choice of hydration."  She added how we often see these plastic bottles sitting outside of supermarkets in the hot summer sun all day and then grab a case to bring home...,not thinking of how heated the plastic has been outside every day.

Basic Bottled Water facts:

• The average American drinks about 31 gallons of bottled water a year. 
• Less than 30 percent of plastic water bottles are recycled. 
• Bottled water is full of hormone-disrupting chemicals. Anti-estrogens and anti-androgens are present in the majority of bottled water. (German study, January 2014)
• People in the U.S. buy half a billion bottles of water a week, more than enough to circle the globe 5 times. 
• Dr. Gina Solomon, a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental advocacy group, told The New York Times that “there is no reason to believe that bottled water is safer than tap water.”

Suggestions are to use filtered tap water (from your fridge, Brita, etc) and to also use refillable glass water bottles.

Healthy hydration to you!

Colleen :-)