• Studies show that consumers associate bottled water with healthy
living, but bottled water is not guaranteed to be any healthier than tap water.
• Americans’ demand for bottled water requires more than 17 million barrels of oil annually, enough to fuel more than 1 million U.S. cars for a year.
• Americans used 50 billion water bottles in 2006
• Once consumed, the plastic water bottle must be disposed of and typically ends up in our nations landfills.
• Buried water bottles can take up to 1,000 years to biodegrade.
• Recent studies indicate that current levels of exposure to BPA in early life may have long-term health consequences.
• BPA, a toxic chemical found in most plastic water bottles, is known as an "endocrine disruptor" because it can mimic the effect of sex hormones in the body.
• It also takes additional energy and resources to bottle water and ship it to store shelves.
