Revision Letter- Blog # 4

My research paper was about bottled water- "Drinking Bottled Water is Not the Healthiest Choice"
The topics that I discussed in my paper were false advertisement, less regulated, and health concerns. In my research paper, I didn't discuss on the topic Bisphenol A (BPA) which is a chemical that leach into bottled water. My next revised paper, I will focus on several topics:

1. The materical that is used to make plastic bottles such as polycarbonate.
2. How polycarbonate leach BPA into the liquid of bottled water.
3. Describe what is BPA.
4. How BPA affects humans.
5. The government stance on BPA.

Research Paper-Bottled Water Woes

Lillian Boatwright
English 101
April 1, 2010
Blog # 3
My research paper is about the bottled water industry: It’s costly, raises health concerns and the effects on the environment.
What is the underlying cause for many Americans to jump on the bandwagon of drinking bottled water? The simple fact is that many individuals are daunted by the numerous reports that claim a host of bacteria and chemicals are in the water supply. Although there is much debate about how the water supply is tainted with harmful chemicals, there are many claims that drinking bottled water isn’t the solution. For one reason, the cost of drinking bottled water drains the consumers’ wallet. The second reason, it raises health concerns. Lastly, it has an effect on the environment.

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First, everyone has a right to clean drinking water, but many individuals are spending way too much money for fancy named bottled waters that depicts images of water cascading down from streams in Maine. According to the documentary movie -Tapped (www.tappedthemovie.com), “the bottled water industry brought in $11.5 billion business in 2007 and, Americans buy 29 billion single- serve bottles of water every year.” It was reported also by CNN news, a trailer on
YouTube-CNN: Most Bottled Water is Tapped, that many consumers weren’t aware that their chic bottled water they were drinking such as Desani and Aquafina were simply tapped water. Basically, both PepsiCo’s Aquafina bottled water and Coca-Cola’s Desani water were purified public tapped water placed in a fancy bottled. Importantly, consumers were spending money for pricey bottled water in reality they could have drank tapped water for free.
Second, most of the bottled waters that individuals have been drinking raised major health concerns. “One third of the bottled water brands that was tested revealed harmful substance for example arsenic, organic chemicals and, a variety of bacteria”, according to a documentary movie-Flow directed by Irena Salina. Another major health concern is a chemical called Bisphenol A (BPA) which is in the plastic and this chemical leaches into the water. This chemical is noted as an endocrine disrupter which can cause havoc in the human bodies. Some studies suggested BPA’s side effect range from uterine and breast cancer in women and, a decreased level of testerone levels in men.
Lastly, the effects of the bottled water industry had a major impacted on the environment. Air pollution is one of the effects the water bottled industry have created when transporting different brands of water into the country. Some of the water companies, such as Nestle who owns Poland Spring, Deer Park, Perrier and Arrowhead bottled water, have water traveling from other states. For instance Ohio,Florida,Miami, Connecticut, and Maine. Also, most of the plastic bottles are found in the ocean hurting our food supplies.