Bottled water is touted to be the best thing to drink, but even though drinking water is good for one and even vital to your good health, Bottled water is not the best choice for various reasons. Apart from the fact that too many plastic bottles end up in landfills leeching poison into the earth, there are a variety of other reasons not to drink it.
A few years ago, German researchers from the Goethe University Frankfurt and the German Federal Institute of Hydrology discovered endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) which could adversely affect development and reproduction, in 18 different bottled water products. Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that can interfere with the hormone system, can cause cancerous tumours, birth defects, cardiovascular disorders, metabolic disorders and other developmental disorders.
One of the suspect chemicals that showed consistent results and illustrated anti-androgenic and anti-estrogenic activity is di (2-ethylhexyl) fumarate (DEHF). A series of studies reported a widespread estrogenic contamination of commercially available bottled water, including putative steroid receptor antagonists.
So, what is one to do if the tap water tastes and smells of chemicals and bottled water contains Harmful Chemicals as well? There are a few solutions to this:
- Don’t drink bottled water
- Purchase a water filter that removes the chlorine and fluoride from your water
- Purify your water by distilling it; or
- Invest in a water cooler that ensures that your drinking water is always pure, toxin-free and just the temperature at which you want it
Living-Water, London’s premier water supply company offers a range of both bottled water coolers and mains/point-of-use (POU) water coolers.
Living-Water is a green company that offers water coolers that are made of only the highest grade materials, in free-standing, under-counter, table-top or mounted versions, and which come with replaceable side panels so that they can be customised to your décor.
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