Free the Water: Maria Shriver's Conference Nixes Bottled Water
Bottled water is under attack and it's about time. The bottled water industry has been raking in billions of dollars over the years selling a lie. The water one gets in bottled water is not better than tap water - it often is tap water - but putting it in a plastic container actually makes it more harmful to health than tap. The bottled water industry has scared people into believing that tap water is dangerous, but it is their water that is dangerous to both consumers and the environment.
Maria Shriver's bold environmental leadership will be demonstrated this week in Long Beach as she has decided to not provide bottled water to her 15,000 guests at her annual conference and will instead be encouraging them to to drink from the tap. Guests will be given reusable water canteens and she will be providing information about the safety of tap water.
Now is the time to take back the tap and get folks invested in the control of their most precious resource: water. The last thing people need to do in these troubled economic times is to waste money on bottled water. The last thing people need to do in these troubled environmental times is to support the continued use of single use plastic containers through the purchase of bottled water. Maria Shriver is doing the right thing by leading the leaders at her conference to tap water. People are thirsty for change and Maria is serving up a big glass of refreshing change by saying no to bottled water.
As Sarah Janssen, an NRDC scientist, stated, “It’s safe to say that for most of us, plain old tap water is just as good for you as bottled, if not better. It costs less and does not consume so much energy or leave as much waste, making it the right choice for people and the environment.”
Amen.
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Now is the time to take back the tap and get folks invested in the control of their most precious resource: water. The last thing people need to do in these troubled economic times is to waste money on bottled water. The last thing people need to do in these troubled environmental times is to support the continued use of single use plastic containers through the purchase of bottled water. Maria Shriver is doing the right thing by leading the leaders at her conference to tap water. People are thirsty for change and Maria is serving up a big glass of refreshing change by saying no to bottled water.
As Sarah Janssen, an NRDC scientist, stated, “It’s safe to say that for most of us, plain old tap water is just as good for you as bottled, if not better. It costs less and does not consume so much energy or leave as much waste, making it the right choice for people and the environment.”
Amen.
More info:
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