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I often ponder how in place like Canada we remove the straws and plastic bags because of the plastic and its effects on the environment yet then legalize mariijuana and manufacture a ton of plastic containers for the products the government sells and taxes for its people . Disposable I reusable vapes now littering the ground once every. 200 feet or more in some areas
And imagine how there is no regulation on plastic so we have no idea what is actually in half the plastic we use to store our food out in our mouth our eyes ect. No one is safe from plastic now
Excellent doco. I have worked in Fiji and know the story behind the bottled water scam there. Sadly the people who live on Fiji have some really poor water supply. Much of the main island can be in severe drought. I'm surprised other countries have not banned Fiji water from being imported. It really should go to the people of Fiji who need a good water source.
only about 12% of Fiji's population does not have a good water supply. This was 2-3 years ago when you wrote this comment. Today those figures have decreased. So please don't say "the people of Fiji don't have a good water supply", because we do! Just get your facts and figures right.
I do not support the bottled water industry too especially Fiji Water even though I am from Fiji. But i do not agree with the false information you are spreading.
Speaking of selling air, due to the recent smog crisis in Shanghai, there's a Canadian company that are selling "bottled air" to affected residents in Shanghai.
honestly, if we stopped all bottled water production, we could use the money to make the worlds water pure again. so that places like india can actually good water to drink. they dont have clean water, and they drink muddy waterm yet we are here manufacturing "cleaner" than tapwater bottled water. im just saying, we need to get our priorities straightened up.
if we stop manufacturing bottled water millions of people would loose their jobs. What we need to do is make more cost efficient and biodegradable bottles for the water
India of course I agree in helping India but first lets get clean Water to all people living in Canada... stil 173 First Nations communities without safe drinking Water... some without any Water... yep in 2019 in Canada
drink some tapwater in Calcutta then. This video only works for places with developed enough water supply and filtration systems to produce potable tap water. Places like US cities, some cities in Europe, and places like Singapore, where bottled water is not necessary, those places should start pushing against bottled water. But bottled water is still necessary. It shouldn't be demonized entirely, and stopping a very convenient water supply. Sure, fund good tapwater systems, but don't try to push too hard to destroy businesses.
this is the kind of information that should be part of the education system. by educating the young will we be able to create a better future. great video...
I live in Los Angeles and the tap water not only tastes terrible, it turns my toothbrush completely pink within a couple of weeks. When I got a new brush I rinsed it only under the filtered shower water. This still resulted in a bit of pink around the base of the bristles, but I did take much longer. The only water we drink is taken from the shower filter then put through another very strong filter. Despite the terrible quality of tap water in our city we still don't use disposable water bottles. No excuse.
When she suggested 'lobby your city officials to bring back drinking fountains' I realised that my 16000 populated town does not have a drinking fountain, and when I asked someone who has been living here for a while why that is they replied that we have not had one in town for around 50 years. He argued that not many people used it when it was around and that still, people will buy bottled water if it was introduced. But after watching this video, I feel so passionate as to want to change this and can't help myself but think there must be a better way. How might one such as myself, only being 17 years of age even begin to fathom tackling this problem, or should I even begin tacking it at all?
There's now an app you can get on your phone showing where the nearest water refill station is. Ask local restaurants to sign up for it, and always carry your own water bottle is two things you could do. Check on the internet for local water quality and tell people about it. Ask them to campaign for improvements.
Honey, this is YOUR future, YOUR birthright, YOUR environmental cost. Bottling plants leave local people with the COST and the IMPACT, so try to organise locally and make common cause with others of the Human Race... looking at the comments here, there are more crawling parasites in our cities, towns and villages than humans. :'(
I think they should make the tap water better. Get the fluoride out of it. It's bad for your thyroid. Make it taste better too. The reason people buy bottled is because the tap water tastes bad. I have a brita filter on the faucet but it always gets all messed up and sprays water everywhere. I am gonna start getting Culligan to deliver water because it's such a pain to make my tap water good.
It is my firm conviction that the Flint crisis was a deliberate campaign designed to instill fear in consumers about the safety of municipal water systems. Yes, I hereby accuse Nestle of engaging in the deliberate poisoning of an entire community in order to boost fears and thus sales of bottled water across the nation.
sortedtales It wasn't that machiavellian, but the crisis wouldn't have happened as bad as it did had the mayor not sucked up to his wife's company and changed where tap water was coming from just so she could produce bottled water.
Yes, Flint is definitely an exception, though the majority of people who purchase bottled water do live in places where the water is safe. We need to find a permanent solution to get safe tap water to Flint.
I watched this in 5th grade. I’m in college now. This video sticked with me for a long time. All thanks to my 5th grade teacher. I don’t use plastic water bottles.
This is so awesome! I thought I was one of the only people who realized that people who buy bottled water are suckers. It is good to see that other people are aware of what is going on.
+Paul T Sjordal Do you have any proper evidence that the majority of recycling material is even sent to these landfills? All the speaker mentioned was her own, personal experience.
Recycling is the least effective thing you can do. Reducing or refusing #1, reuse, and repair are all more effective than recycling. But it's better than nothing.
What an inspirational video. If I watched TV, this is the kind of programming I'd like to watch. I have confidence that some humans will continue to evolve regardless of the ignorance and destruction all over the globe. It's people like the ones who participated in making this video who offer hope for a paradigm shift in a constructive direction. Thanks for sharing.
Depends on where you live. At my last place the water tasted like a pool, way too much chlorine. Yes, I bought bottled. Now I live in an area where the water tastes great, and I only drink tap.
My classmate and I watched your video which interest and we have some experiences to share from our countries. In Thailand, people prefer to buy bottled water rather than drink water from the tap. Some Thai cities are underdeveloped and do not have the infrastructure to supply clean water. The pipe system is old and often rusty. What’s more, the tap water often has chemicals added. It makes people concerned about the quality of tap water. Many houses have pumps to access water in wells, and use tanks and filters. However, people like to buy bottled water rather than consume tap water because the bottled water in Thailand is very cheap. In China, It depends on people. Some people, especially the youth, prefer to buy bottled water. This is because the price of water is inexpensive so people can afford bottled water whenever they want. Additionally, unlikely in Australia, individuals cannot drink tap water directly in China. However, some enjoy drinking hot water so naturally they use boiled tap water, because compared to bottled water, the price of tap water is cheaper.
I am very much against bottled water for all of the reasons that you lay out in your video. (Very nice video by the way.) In addition to being against bottled water, I don't like the idea of ingesting all of the contaminants that can be found in tap water. The solution for me is to filter my own water at home and use a reusable bottle whenever I go out. Filtering my own water is more expensive than just drinking it straight from the tap of course, but it is a lot cheaper than buying bottled water. And of course by filtering my own water and using a reusable bottle, I'm not contributing to the massive amounts of pollution caused by billions of plastic bottles ending up in landfills or in the oceans every year.
I have spent many hours researching the affects of fluoride over the past several years and I am convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt it is detrimental to the human brain and body. However, I was not aware of the fact that most bottled water contains higher amounts than most tap water. Also, I was unaware that food from supermarkets also contain fluoride WITHOUT having to put it on the label! Thanks for that info.
Don't feel badly. Let this motivate you to do more fact-checking and research. Discuss the positives, negatives, and other aspects of this video with your friends and family and local leaders. Learn to question what you see and hear. Read the comments to learn where bottled water (if it's filtered) may be a better choice for various reasons.. What about water bottled in 5 gallon reusable bottles that charge a deposit on each bottle to encourage people to return/exchange them? Better than small bottles? Learn to avoid jumping on an emotional pitch without doing some digging first. Live your best life!
I am anti-plastic. I use mostly glass containers in my home and purchased a reverse osmosis filtration system. Something the video didn't touch base on is the microplastics in the bottled water that occur in the heat or by "friction." I just read an article on the study of micro-plastics in bottled water, and they suggested boiling the water before drinking because the micro-plastic will remain in the pot in the hardened water ring. Microplastic is everywhere even in our bodies of waters because plastic has leached there too. The plastic in the ocean is another concern because the fish eat the plastic and we consume the fish. Additionally, i only purchase glass containers, use reusable bags, never microwave plastic, and purchased large glass gallon jugs to store my filtered water to take with me to work. The big corporations don't care about the impact plastic has on the environment or their consumers health. Sadly recyling plastic is another concern because the chemicals polluting the air and the impact of the employees health. The smell of burned plastic is absolutely unbearable. I hope society will realize there is so much that we can do to improve the environment and health of our future generations.
Is it? Certainly is, regarding plastic bottles, taste and cost. But what about PFAS? What about a water service or exchange that takes the plastic bottle issue off the table? Read the comments - there ARE plenty of places in the world where tap water is not healthy, regardless of taste.
Alot of generalisations and opinions in this video without substantive backup evidence. Fiji Water is tap water. So is Aquafina and Dasani. Tap water is recycled, chlorinated and fluoridated. If it states "Spring water" then it cannot be chemically treated tap water. Spring water is bottled from the source. This woman needs to do her research on Spring water.
I live in Australia and you would be shocked how many buy bottle water and there is nothing wrong with the tap water. A filter can fix most things associated to tap water and baffles me we are forced to accept additives to our water in modern times when people can get toothpaste everywhere if worried about dental health...but that is a whole other issue :)
I'm a future civil engineer writting a thesis on the topic. This video was a very good first approach to the issue of bottled water and it's effects on the environment ( I'm focusing on it's development in Mexico). You'll absolutely be in my references . Excellent work
+najurinajuri the only problem with bottled water is the plastics. For this video to make the case Tap tastes better or its the same is a foolish argument...I don't know anyone that just drinks tap water anymore.people are against tap because of taste and potential health problems related to tap. this video is just coming from a very outdated unsupported point of view..and for decades people have been warned not to drink tap when they travel to Mexico. I live in Ohio, and people who I know in Cleveland laugh when they heard that bit about Cleveland in the video..
@@mleightle9289Amen! Thank you for that first reasonable, rational comment I've read! Yes, outdated and yes, un-supported. It waves a finger at plastic, cost and taste. It says there was some testing, but no citations. Reminds me of the emotional stories of travesties and tragedies we used to get in email that would get people all worked up if they didn't stop and think and question and fact check first. Thanks again for your voice of reason!
Why on Earth would anyone dislike this video? It is factual, it offers solutions... only an ass would find wrong in this. Kudos to the authors of this video!
Living in Canada now, there is so much fresh water. It amazes me to see people in the grocery stores over filling their shopping carts with bottled water. It is a successful marketing ploy.
I went through college in Daytona Beach, FL, and had to buy bottled water. Tap water is chlorinated in that part of Florida, and it severely distressed my intestines. Water filters didn't work well enough for me.
Fuel a million cars for a minute? For a month? I agree with what she is saying, but she uses humiliation (comparing bottled water drinkers to smoking while pregnant?) and some of the same sales tactics as the bottled water companies.
I love this video. However, in light of the water crisis in Flint and other cities, how can we continue to convince others to ditch the plastic bottles in favor of tap?
Tap water is being sabotaged so people move away from it. have you seen the movie Idiocracy? reminds me of what happened in that movie, propaganda made people quit using water except for toilets, and an energy drink company convinced everyone you can use "gatorade" for every practical use that water had. "Electrolytes, the things that plants crave"
What we need is legislation and funding to fix the problems we have with tap water in some places. We live in a first world country. Anything less than drinkable tap water anywhere, anywhere! in the country is absolutely unacceptable.
Manufactured demand is only a problem if you're susceptible to it. You the consumer should know what you are buying and have your own opinion. This video is informative (I did enjoy the first 26 seconds) but it's as one-sided as the Fuji campaign was and there is a positive case for both, also implying a middle ground or compromise. Talking about water companies as if they were oil companies is disproportionate. Many consumers choose a bottled water for exactly what the product contains, especially when many with the 'mountain' logo do sell the quality product consumers seek, others drinking filtered tap water at mark up prices are perhaps more vulnerable. There is a great deal of work on the science and quality of water and tap water has seen more of a problem to overcome. Quality water for all is a fantastic goal especially in a world where drinking water is in large decline. A water bottle is not inherently evil, like money; it's how it's used. At least the manufacturers use a material that is fully reprocess-able and until plastic has a realistic alternative that does not include GM corn oil, a fully recyclable plastic is one step forward. The problem with the waste is not a bottle company, it's a consumer problem. I'll gladly take every tonne of plastic you can provide and process it through one of the companies our group have setup to remove and reduce plastic waste. We work very hard to clean up the mess others make and dedicate all of our efforts in under developed nations often where the locals themselves couldn't care less. I don't process plastics because I like them, but because I dislike them. Bottles are also infinitely easier to recycle than plastic food trays - down-cycled bottles that end up in landfill, incinerators, construction materials and fibre. A quality bottle could be reused or exchanged for a label price to keep them in the system, the same as food trays however, bottles you will notice are becoming more like thin bags, designed to be cheaper to make and thrown away. I'd encourage people to consider the whole system and not focus on one manufacturer or one company that export the waste using the benefits of 'democracy', a trading system, to do so. There are several core components here and each needs careful consideration. Maintaining a supply of tap water (that is in decline), increasing its quality, expanding the supply as we cannot control our growth, proposing ideas for bottle manufacturers, regulating aspects of the water source and production and of course educating consumers. We are all consumers and finger pointing is less likely to promote objectivity. It's not my opinion that matters, it's not about my business vs. your health, it's our problem. In the very least, send me the plastic, I'll process it myself or as part of a group of companies and donate the proceeds to environmental projects. Finally, since when has taste been the skillset of a consumer? Food Inc. suggests how we buy what we crave, and we crave salt, carbohydrates and fat. How do you suspect a taste test will compare a salad and a cheese burger? Personally I enjoy Fuji water as it has a soft taste and has a higher pH value than most other bottled waters. I also recycle the bottles and don’t consume he filtered tap water brands.
If only we lived in this supposed world. Unfortunately we do not. It is human nature to be persuaded. So the ones that make the desitions on how our cities are ran should not see a destructive consumable as acceptable unless it is one hundred percent reused. That is not a world we live in. So maybe we should stop blaming each other and start actually pointing our fingers at at those that encourage us to waste.
@@mathhuemcmahon I feel like the plastic bottle environmental.problem is a shared responsibility. Not simply finger pointing at each other OR at water bottle manufacturers. And, ten years later, the problem has become more than just the plastic bottle, cost and taste premise of this old video. It's now also more focus on PFAS or I read another commenter raise concerns for plastic micro-molecules, I think. Water is an issue we all need to address, for even more reasons now.
Get an entire city to ban bottled water? seriously? I bet all the people from Flint Michigan would love this video. Trusting the Government is worse than trusting corporations.
I've already seen studies on Fiji water that came to basically the same result, that was years ago, i cant understand why people in the US still think Fiji water is fancy
I decided to apply this in my regular routine. Use tap water instead of bottled water. Its very helpful to nature as well as us because it will reduce the pollution and global warming.
Bottled water usually does not taste great either, also it seems to be tasting 'dry' pretty much all the time on top of that. I rather use tap water, it's a lot cheaper, tastes a lot better and it leaves less junk behind.
Dutch tap water is not problem, it's one of the best in the world. I however do not want to claim that it may be 'the best'. Simply do not know about that.
My father hated the entire concept of bottled water in general! It was one of his major pet peeves. He always called it the "biggest f'n waste of money ever." And I remember how annoyed he used to get whenever my mom went into the store and bought a bottle of water! I really think that she did it just to piss him off sometimes. She knew how he'd react. 😆 But it still makes me laugh to think back on all the times he bitched so much about it. It was always quite funny.
In countries with a democracy, you could vote for a party that does that. In most countries they already don't add fluoride in your drinking water. If you don't live in a democracy, the only way is a revolution, I'm sorry.
My problem with this video is that they are using the same tactics that the soft drink companies are using by using fear and negative imagery such as "smoking while pregnant".
While I like and agree with this video it does seem to use some disinformation, and should be careful that people don't use that fact to discredit the ideas behind the video. First I have been involved in plastic production, and it is wrong to think we can recycle something back into what it was over and over. The reality is that every time plastic is melted down and recycled it is more brittle, and so using it to make lower quality products just makes sense. Often things are made as a mixture of virgin and recycled plastic, and not just recycled materials. To a lesser degree I would also point out that it is a little dishonest to talk about the production of all of a product, and then compare it to one person using one of the product, when considering the efficiency, or lack there of. It may have only been to make the point hit home, but I could easily see people twisting this into thinking the video itself is wrong.
I like the idea of water fountains . But I think some people might be turned off thinking it's unsanitary. I'm a carpenter and I've been hired from this establishment which is a state of the art fitness gym for the last 24 years to do any type of remodeling project. Great people, the owner has installed bottle fillers that are mounted right above the water fountains. You simply place your bottle on the designated spot ( can be as tall as 14 inches and any width within reason) it fills the bottle in seconds. I😢t is also filtered. It's the best tasting tap water I have ever tasted. I'm a die hard Evian drinker which I feel is without a doubt the best tasting ,smoothest water I've tried. And I've tried countless. I'm also a professional singer so finding the right water was a mission for me. When I take a slug of any purified water my mouth dries out almost instantly. The filtered water from the bottle fillers does not dry my mouth out in the least. They also have a counter on them so you can see just how many plastic bottles we're saved using the machine. It's only been two or three years since they have been installed in the 5 gyms this man owns. The numbers speak for themselves. Lowest number was around 180 thousand. The highest number was 240 thousand. That's a significant amount of plastic saved between the 5 clubs. Average 200 thousand per gym multipled by 5..... One man saved this planet from another million bottles of plastic in our landfills. If we choose to make a change and a difference towards the earth becoming a better place. (She's all we got) It's very easy for us to do. Buy yourself a filter for your kitchen sink. 20$ dollars every few months. You'll save thousands every year people. I'm in, LETS DO THIS!👌
I'm in support of the cause, but the information regarding "oil & energy" fuelling a million cars is misleading, deliberate or not. Crude oil is distilled in a fractional distillation. The crude oil is heated until its component hydrocarbons boil and recondense at different temperatures & heights/exits in the distillation stack. A handful of hydrocarbons are produced in the same distillation, including gasoline & naphthaline. Since it's the same process that produces gasoline for cars, and naphthaline as a precursor for PET, a comparison about "how many cars could be fuelled" is nonsensical and misleading.
"We will choose our own demands, thank you very much, and we are demanding clean, safe water for all." Uh, tap water isn't always clean and safe, sometimes bottled water has to be used in some locations.
James Greco I am glad you point that out, i do think that every city, community, state and countries have different needs according to our available resources and we cannot pretend to put a "one size fits all" sign on this.
I don’t know who they had doing the “taste testing” as I have never found any tap water that taste good. Unless you filter it with a really good filter it always at least to me has tasted bad sometimes the bleachy taste and smell make it almost unbearable to drink. I do agree the waste is a problem but please don’t tell me that Tap water taste better I’m not buying that at all. And if you purchase “Spring” water and the source is listed this water does not have it’s source from a city tap that would be labeled “purified water” which I avoid.
I grew up drinking hose water in my backyard and it was always refreshing in the summer. And tap water the rest of the year. My fridge makes good enough water and the ice machine makes it cold. Good enough for me.
+lilrush151 exactly. Just bc it is bad for our bodies doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't make us happy. Lol I bet I'm gonna get a ton of hate for my ignorance but seriously that's the way it is
I live in the Netherlands and people prefer tap water. I buy Fiji bottles and refill them a few times (Most Dutch People refill them), so you can refill them as much as you want.
Video not complete at all. If I understand the intent it is highly misleading as in most of the USA tap water you find fluoride that is highly toxic. The problem is... it's present in bottled water too. Solution: change the laws or buy the best filter you can afford to drink your tap.
Irwan Santoso There so much more in bottled water ;) It is demonstrated in chemically and biologically ways. Fluoride is also important for out teeth..
Cristiano Ronaldo Commenting only on the Fluoride, portion. Yes, Fluoride is good for our teeth, but why do we have to consume it? I'd rather not have it in my drinking water and instead get it from toothpaste or mouthwash.
Cristiano Ronaldo No, there is around 14 to 21 times more fluoride in tap water than most bottled water. And that's if you're not careful about choosing a bottled water with no fluorine at all. Also look into the negative effects of fluoride. It's terrible stuff.
95pack Ok I will inform about that. However I think the portion of fluoride in water isnt very substancial. So I just wanted to say that there aren't any excuses about still using bottled water. The problem of plastic is one of the biggest problem in earth and is more important stop using bottled water (wich contains polluted substances) than fluoride. We can also protest about fluoride aftermaths in tap water and we will improve the environment and our health.
RoxyLuffer Its better in taste than tap water in Lewisville, Texas. It also doesn't have Fluoride which I don't believe in. If Lewisville didn't Fluoridate I might not buy near as much Fiji.
Jonathan Swaringen You don't "believe" in fluoride? Fluoride is a natural element that exists in nature. The maximum safe daily consumption of fluoride is 10 mg for an adult, and there is less than 0.2 mg per cup of fluoridated water. You would need to drink 50 cups of water a day for it to become dangerous, and the recommended amount is around 12 cups. You're fine.
Alex Tinder YESSS! SCIENCE! I love it when people give Scientific answers to stuff! =D Get this, a friend of mine wanted me to go to an Anti-Fluoride rally and I'm like...Nope, there is no proof to the claims made by anti-fluoride'ers. (it's totally a word, I just made it one)
RoxyLuffer Haha, it's just crazy when people boycott something they don't have full understanding of. It's not some insane synthetic substance, it's fully natural and completely safe if you keep track of your intake. It's the same idea with potassium. People say that those eating large amounts of bananas will die of potassium poisoning. For it to be lethal, you'd need to eat roughly 2500 mg per 2 lbs of body weight in 30 seconds. So for a 140 lb person, that's 350000 mg, or 700 bananas. (This obviously varies from person to person due to health, age, etc., but you get the idea) People freak out over the littlest of things. Everything in this world can kill you, but everything also has its limits.
Alex Tinder What amuses me most are these anti-GMO people and the anti-Vaccine people, they lie outright to your faces about the thing, when they know nothing about it, and don't trust science! it's absolutely hilarious...in an infuriating kind of way XD
I love how everybody speaks about the "toxins" in tap water but don't even mention about the ones in bottled water from the plastic, or the fact that bottled water IS tap water, just filtered, something we can do at home with a good filter.
If you're afraid of fluoride, get a home based filter that'll filter it out. RO (reverse osmosis) definitely removes fluoride. There's no guarantee that your bottled water doesn't have fluoride.
All points mentioned make sense and this awareness is necessary as many people are not aware of these issues. Thanks for the video. However, there are still areas where tap water may have various kinds of contamination despite going through a lot of purification processes. E.g. lead contamination from pipes in older buildings, too much chlorine addition to water, etc. Filtering tap water before consumption at home also depletes minerals. The more stages the water goes through, the worse it can be for health. Still, from a sustainability perspective, tap water is the way to go.
teedle Right?! In a place that's so hot where the people drink tons of water it totally sucks that the water tastes terrible. Oh well, I guess we can't have everything.
+Jimmy Hales If it tastes like your pool, leave it out in a sunny area of your house for about 10 minutes before consuming it. The chlorine will dissipate, and it will taste much better. Also, if you are still concerned, invest in a faucet Brita filter or other brand filter. These work very well and you have clean water as soon as you turn on your faucet! Bottled water actually contains so many contaminants, and it's more important that we support the scientists who are working every day to cleanse our tap than large corporations who are selling us water of no better quality and ripping us off.
I agree. I never, ever drink tap because many municipalities that run water systems are completely incompetent and the annual testing by the feds isn't near enough to make any city worker do their job the other 364 days of the year. Municipal water systems are monopolies, while bottled water manufacturers have to compete and as a result produce a higher quality product that people CHOOSE to buy or not buy depending on how good the product is.
TechRax If you don't like the taste of your tap water, try using a water filter. Based on the local water, tap water will taste funny due to differing mineral content. You'll still save tons of money vs bottled water.
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I often ponder how in place like Canada we remove the straws and plastic bags because of the plastic and its effects on the environment yet then legalize mariijuana and manufacture a ton of plastic containers for the products the government sells and taxes for its people . Disposable I reusable vapes now littering the ground once every. 200 feet or more in some areas
And imagine how there is no regulation on plastic so we have no idea what is actually in half the plastic we use to store our food out in our mouth our eyes ect. No one is safe from plastic now
Excellent doco. I have worked in Fiji and know the story behind the bottled water scam there. Sadly the people who live on Fiji have some really poor water supply. Much of the main island can be in severe drought. I'm surprised other countries have not banned Fiji water from being imported. It really should go to the people of Fiji who need a good water source.
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only about 12% of Fiji's population does not have a good water supply. This was 2-3 years ago when you wrote this comment. Today those figures have decreased. So please don't say "the people of Fiji don't have a good water supply", because we do! Just get your facts and figures right.
I do not support the bottled water industry too especially Fiji Water even though I am from Fiji. But i do not agree with the false information you are spreading.
Left-wing agenda/propaganda really put me off……(We are not illiterate red neck)
Speaking of selling air, due to the recent smog crisis in Shanghai, there's a Canadian company that are selling "bottled air" to affected residents in Shanghai.
xihai luo i guess u watched angel beats right?
Yes and it made me cry alot inside
xihai luo especially when yui disapeared:(but man oh god try watching clannad that shit broke me
Lol I stopped watching emotional animes after angel beats. Don't think I can handle it
More than 30 years in Mexico City.
honestly, if we stopped all bottled water production, we could use the money to make the worlds water pure again. so that places like india can actually good water to drink. they dont have clean water, and they drink muddy waterm yet we are here manufacturing "cleaner" than tapwater bottled water. im just saying, we need to get our priorities straightened up.
if we stop manufacturing bottled water millions of people would loose their jobs. What we need to do is make more cost efficient and biodegradable bottles for the water
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India of course I agree in helping India but first lets get clean Water to all people living in Canada... stil 173 First Nations communities without safe drinking Water... some without any Water... yep in 2019 in Canada
drink some tapwater in Calcutta then. This video only works for places with developed enough water supply and filtration systems to produce potable tap water. Places like US cities, some cities in Europe, and places like Singapore, where bottled water is not necessary, those places should start pushing against bottled water. But bottled water is still necessary. It shouldn't be demonized entirely, and stopping a very convenient water supply. Sure, fund good tapwater systems, but don't try to push too hard to destroy businesses.
yes but the corporations dont want it to happen. Only consumer action can help
this is the kind of information that should be part of the education system. by educating the young will we be able to create a better future. great video...
Let me tell you.. our teacher was who showed us one of these videos..in class..
our bio teacher showed it to us
we watched this in science and i’m here for my homework.
Ha we had to wright an essay on this in English
im actually watching this because i was assinged to for school
I live in Los Angeles and the tap water not only tastes terrible, it turns my toothbrush completely pink within a couple of weeks. When I got a new brush I rinsed it only under the filtered shower water. This still resulted in a bit of pink around the base of the bristles, but I did take much longer.
The only water we drink is taken from the shower filter then put through another very strong filter. Despite the terrible quality of tap water in our city we still don't use disposable water bottles. No excuse.
when you watch it at 1.5 speed so your assignment is done in timeXD
Relatable
I feel called out
Me finding this one instead of the French one so I actually understand
lmao im in english class
I’m watching this for fun😔
I love how people scream about fluoride in tap water then go grab a soda.
+TheEvilCommenter So true...
or some dont like me and want to know what I am putting in my body.
Dumb huh?!
I don't drink that shit either And it's not bitching about fluoride for no fucking reason asshole.
Right , and still use aluminum foil
A well done video. All true. I'm a water treatment plant operator, and tap water is an under valued resource. We need to invest in our infrastructure.
When she suggested 'lobby your city officials to bring back drinking fountains' I realised that my 16000 populated town does not have a drinking fountain, and when I asked someone who has been living here for a while why that is they replied that we have not had one in town for around 50 years. He argued that not many people used it when it was around and that still, people will buy bottled water if it was introduced. But after watching this video, I feel so passionate as to want to change this and can't help myself but think there must be a better way. How might one such as myself, only being 17 years of age even begin to fathom tackling this problem, or should I even begin tacking it at all?
I feel you man. I'm 18. I say learn is the first step. Know everything there is to a problem to solve it
Start a petition. Email your local government. Try talking to an environmental group who might be able to support you.
One word. Hygiene.
Personally not wanting to drink from the same faucet that people do gawd knows what to because they have nothing better to do
There's now an app you can get on your phone showing where the nearest water refill station is. Ask local restaurants to sign up for it, and always carry your own water bottle is two things you could do. Check on the internet for local water quality and tell people about it. Ask them to campaign for improvements.
Honey, this is YOUR future, YOUR birthright, YOUR environmental cost. Bottling plants leave local people with the COST and the IMPACT, so try to organise locally and make common cause with others of the Human Race... looking at the comments here, there are more crawling parasites in our cities, towns and villages than humans. :'(
I think they should make the tap water better. Get the fluoride out of it. It's bad for your thyroid. Make it taste better too. The reason people buy bottled is because the tap water tastes bad. I have a brita filter on the faucet but it always gets all messed up and sprays water everywhere. I am gonna start getting Culligan to deliver water because it's such a pain to make my tap water good.
The fluoride is good. It keeps the teeth from browning.
No fluoride.
مرحبا
مرحبا بكم
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BUY A FILTER, REFILL YOUR BOTTLES WITH TAP WATER
problem solved
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@@davido3109 Drinking distilled water can result in mineral deficiency.
Never re-use plastic bottles. Glass or stainless steel better, like a thermos or something
@@josym1958 certain plastic bottles u can re-use
@@iamadrian-oo7bk Only up to a certain number of times. After that, even multiple use bottles discharge microplastic into the water they contain.
if you are still worry about tap water quality, you can always invest in filtration system.
cheaper than buying bottled water in the long run
Well, Fiji water might lose out against Cleveland water, but I'm sure the folks in Flint Michigan might like it.
It is my firm conviction that the Flint crisis was a deliberate campaign designed to instill fear in consumers about the safety of municipal water systems. Yes, I hereby accuse Nestle of engaging in the deliberate poisoning of an entire community in order to boost fears and thus sales of bottled water across the nation.
sortedtales It wasn't that machiavellian, but the crisis wouldn't have happened as bad as it did had the mayor not sucked up to his wife's company and changed where tap water was coming from just so she could produce bottled water.
Yes, Flint is definitely an exception, though the majority of people who purchase bottled water do live in places where the water is safe. We need to find a permanent solution to get safe tap water to Flint.
She said to drink it only if your water is TRULY unhealthy. Besides, this is before Flint.
That was actually more of the Governor's responsibility. So arrest him.
im here from virtual school. ;w;
Same!
LOL!
Thank you so much for telling me the US wastes gets dumped in my country. Finally we know who to blame
You’re Asian so you’re waste is literally floating all over the oceans.
Yes, the US for not taking responsibility and you’re own country for letting it happen
I assure you it doesn't just come from the US. Thank your government for allowing it.
Love this. My dad is addicted to bottled water. I will need him to see this…
I watched this in 5th grade. I’m in college now. This video sticked with me for a long time. All thanks to my 5th grade teacher. I don’t use plastic water bottles.
That's what propaganda does.
You're in college, and it "sticked" with you? 🤔
This is so awesome! I thought I was one of the only people who realized that people who buy bottled water are suckers. It is good to see that other people are aware of what is going on.
I have drank basically only tap water for my whole life and I am in top notch health. Last time I got a health problem (a mild fever) was 4 years ago.
I always recycle even knowing that it wouldn't be properly recycled sometimes. But that is the least i can do..
+Sprinkleofwilly
"Sometimes"? Did you not watch the video?
Paul T Sjordal so are you saying i shouldn't recycle at all?
+Paul T Sjordal
Do you have any proper evidence that the majority of recycling material is even sent to these landfills? All the speaker mentioned was her own, personal experience.
Properly recycled or not I think we as humans just generally need to cut down on our consumption of plastic .
Recycling is the least effective thing you can do. Reducing or refusing #1, reuse, and repair are all more effective than recycling. But it's better than nothing.
Can you imagine mountain of plastic waste on a bottle!! Omg what a visual made me laugh. Love your videos!
What an inspirational video. If I watched TV, this is the kind of programming I'd like to watch. I have confidence that some humans will continue to evolve regardless of the ignorance and destruction all over the globe. It's people like the ones who participated in making this video who offer hope for a paradigm shift in a constructive direction. Thanks for sharing.
Depends on where you live. At my last place the water tasted like a pool, way too much chlorine. Yes, I bought bottled. Now I live in an area where the water tastes great, and I only drink tap.
My classmate and I watched your video which interest and we have some experiences to share from our countries.
In Thailand, people prefer to buy bottled water rather than drink water from the tap. Some Thai cities are underdeveloped and do not have the infrastructure to supply clean water. The pipe system is old and often rusty. What’s more, the tap water often has chemicals added. It makes people concerned about the quality of tap water. Many houses have pumps to access water in wells, and use tanks and filters. However, people like to buy bottled water rather than consume tap water because the bottled water in Thailand is very cheap.
In China, It depends on people. Some people, especially the youth, prefer to buy bottled water. This is because the price of water is inexpensive so people can afford bottled water whenever they want. Additionally, unlikely in Australia, individuals cannot drink tap water directly in China. However, some enjoy drinking hot water so naturally they use boiled tap water, because compared to bottled water, the price of tap water is cheaper.
I am very much against bottled water for all of the reasons that you lay out in your video. (Very nice video by the way.)
In addition to being against bottled water, I don't like the idea of ingesting all of the contaminants that can be found in tap water. The solution for me is to filter my own water at home and use a reusable bottle whenever I go out.
Filtering my own water is more expensive than just drinking it straight from the tap of course, but it is a lot cheaper than buying bottled water. And of course by filtering my own water and using a reusable bottle, I'm not contributing to the massive amounts of pollution caused by billions of plastic bottles ending up in landfills or in the oceans every year.
I have spent many hours researching the affects of fluoride over the past several years and I am convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt it is detrimental to the human brain and body. However, I was not aware of the fact that most bottled water contains higher amounts than most tap water. Also, I was unaware that food from supermarkets also contain fluoride WITHOUT having to put it on the label! Thanks for that info.
I watched this in English class two days ago, and now I feel bad drinking bottled water... :( And so do my other class mates...
Don't feel badly. Let this motivate you to do more fact-checking and research. Discuss the positives, negatives, and other aspects of this video with your friends and family and local leaders. Learn to question what you see and hear. Read the comments to learn where bottled water (if it's filtered) may be a better choice for various reasons.. What about water bottled in 5 gallon reusable bottles that charge a deposit on each bottle to encourage people to return/exchange them? Better than small bottles? Learn to avoid jumping on an emotional pitch without doing some digging first. Live your best life!
I am anti-plastic. I use mostly glass containers in my home and purchased a reverse osmosis filtration system. Something the video didn't touch base on is the microplastics in the bottled water that occur in the heat or by "friction." I just read an article on the study of micro-plastics in bottled water, and they suggested boiling the water before drinking because the micro-plastic will remain in the pot in the hardened water ring. Microplastic is everywhere even in our bodies of waters because plastic has leached there too. The plastic in the ocean is another concern because the fish eat the plastic and we consume the fish. Additionally, i only purchase glass containers, use reusable bags, never microwave plastic, and purchased large glass gallon jugs to store my filtered water to take with me to work. The big corporations don't care about the impact plastic has on the environment or their consumers health. Sadly recyling plastic is another concern because the chemicals polluting the air and the impact of the employees health. The smell of burned plastic is absolutely unbearable. I hope society will realize there is so much that we can do to improve the environment and health of our future generations.
Not to mention how much (or little) plastic is recycled. Good comment!
In 2020 still the best video out there and still so relevant!
now 2024
Is it? Certainly is, regarding plastic bottles, taste and cost. But what about PFAS? What about a water service or exchange that takes the plastic bottle issue off the table? Read the comments - there ARE plenty of places in the world where tap water is not healthy, regardless of taste.
Thank you for sharing. I appreciate the time and effort you put into this, and to inform the public. Keep it up!
You commented this when I was 3
I have no problem drinking tap water.
We have well water with a filter
a freshie and studying with global free trade, this is awesome and also the Story of Stuffs
Thanks for a rational and informed response!
Thank you very much for this information.
Me encantó , muy bien!
Every person should be required to watch this.
Alot of generalisations and opinions in this video without substantive backup evidence.
Fiji Water is tap water. So is Aquafina and Dasani. Tap water is recycled, chlorinated and fluoridated. If it states "Spring water" then it cannot be chemically treated tap water. Spring water is bottled from the source. This woman needs to do her research on Spring water.
Thank you. How did I not see this until now?
I live in Australia and you would be shocked how many buy bottle water and there is nothing wrong with the tap water. A filter can fix most things associated to tap water and baffles me we are forced to accept additives to our water in modern times when people can get toothpaste everywhere if worried about dental health...but that is a whole other issue :)
I'm a future civil engineer writting a thesis on the topic. This video was a very good first approach to the issue of bottled water and it's effects on the environment ( I'm focusing on it's development in Mexico). You'll absolutely be in my references . Excellent work
+najurinajuri the only problem with bottled water is the plastics. For this video to make the case Tap tastes better or its the same is a foolish argument...I don't know anyone that just drinks tap water anymore.people are against tap because of taste and potential health problems related to tap. this video is just coming from a very outdated unsupported point of view..and for decades people have been warned not to drink tap when they travel to Mexico. I live in Ohio, and people who I know in Cleveland laugh when they heard that bit about Cleveland in the video..
@@mleightle9289Amen! Thank you for that first reasonable, rational comment I've read! Yes, outdated and yes, un-supported. It waves a finger at plastic, cost and taste. It says there was some testing, but no citations. Reminds me of the emotional stories of travesties and tragedies we used to get in email that would get people all worked up if they didn't stop and think and question and fact check first. Thanks again for your voice of reason!
Why on Earth would anyone dislike this video?
It is factual, it offers solutions... only an ass would find wrong in this.
Kudos to the authors of this video!
The only ones that would dislike an informative video are uneducated uniformed Trump supporters.
SENSACIONAL!
Your videos are amazing! You learn so much in 5-10 minutes because they are so informative!
Living in Canada now, there is so much fresh water. It amazes me to see people in the grocery stores over filling their shopping carts with bottled water. It is a successful marketing ploy.
@Aaron Albrecht Nope.
who else here for school lmao
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They blocked this on my school computer..because apparently water bottles are inappropriate
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I went through college in Daytona Beach, FL, and had to buy bottled water. Tap water is chlorinated in that part of Florida, and it severely distressed my intestines. Water filters didn't work well enough for me.
Enough energy to fuel a million cars eh? That's literally the vaguest estimate ever other than that good info
Fuel a million cars for a minute? For a month? I agree with what she is saying, but she uses humiliation (comparing bottled water drinkers to smoking while pregnant?) and some of the same sales tactics as the bottled water companies.
oh, is great your opinion
What a beautiful song...thank you Lord for always being there even when we don't feel You.
bro watched the wrong vid🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love this video. However, in light of the water crisis in Flint and other cities, how can we continue to convince others to ditch the plastic bottles in favor of tap?
Tap water is being sabotaged so people move away from it. have you seen the movie Idiocracy? reminds me of what happened in that movie, propaganda made people quit using water except for toilets, and an energy drink company convinced everyone you can use "gatorade" for every practical use that water had. "Electrolytes, the things that plants crave"
What we need is legislation and funding to fix the problems we have with tap water in some places. We live in a first world country. Anything less than drinkable tap water anywhere, anywhere! in the country is absolutely unacceptable.
Or buy a water filter
When I watched this, and say the part; about turning the bottles into bottles by recyling. I thought they already are bottles!
Rikki Viki Rose well, they need to be cleaned, also some have tiny holes in them. Stuff like that.
Manufactured demand is only a problem if you're susceptible to it. You the consumer should know what you are buying and have your own opinion. This video is informative (I did enjoy the first 26 seconds) but it's as one-sided as the Fuji campaign was and there is a positive case for both, also implying a middle ground or compromise. Talking about water companies as if they were oil companies is disproportionate. Many consumers choose a bottled water for exactly what the product contains, especially when many with the 'mountain' logo do sell the quality product consumers seek, others drinking filtered tap water at mark up prices are perhaps more vulnerable. There is a great deal of work on the science and quality of water and tap water has seen more of a problem to overcome.
Quality water for all is a fantastic goal especially in a world where drinking water is in large decline. A water bottle is not inherently evil, like money; it's how it's used. At least the manufacturers use a material that is fully reprocess-able and until plastic has a realistic alternative that does not include GM corn oil, a fully recyclable plastic is one step forward. The problem with the waste is not a bottle company, it's a consumer problem. I'll gladly take every tonne of plastic you can provide and process it through one of the companies our group have setup to remove and reduce plastic waste. We work very hard to clean up the mess others make and dedicate all of our efforts in under developed nations often where the locals themselves couldn't care less. I don't process plastics because I like them, but because I dislike them. Bottles are also infinitely easier to recycle than plastic food trays - down-cycled bottles that end up in landfill, incinerators, construction materials and fibre. A quality bottle could be reused or exchanged for a label price to keep them in the system, the same as food trays however, bottles you will notice are becoming more like thin bags, designed to be cheaper to make and thrown away. I'd encourage people to consider the whole system and not focus on one manufacturer or one company that export the waste using the benefits of 'democracy', a trading system, to do so. There are several core components here and each needs careful consideration. Maintaining a supply of tap water (that is in decline), increasing its quality, expanding the supply as we cannot control our growth, proposing ideas for bottle manufacturers, regulating aspects of the water source and production and of course educating consumers. We are all consumers and finger pointing is less likely to promote objectivity. It's not my opinion that matters, it's not about my business vs. your health, it's our problem. In the very least, send me the plastic, I'll process it myself or as part of a group of companies and donate the proceeds to environmental projects. Finally, since when has taste been the skillset of a consumer? Food Inc. suggests how we buy what we crave, and we crave salt, carbohydrates and fat. How do you suspect a taste test will compare a salad and a cheese burger? Personally I enjoy Fuji water as it has a soft taste and has a higher pH value than most other bottled waters. I also recycle the bottles and don’t consume he filtered tap water brands.
If only we lived in this supposed world. Unfortunately we do not. It is human nature to be persuaded. So the ones that make the desitions on how our cities are ran should not see a destructive consumable as acceptable unless it is one hundred percent reused. That is not a world we live in. So maybe we should stop blaming each other and start actually pointing our fingers at at those that encourage us to waste.
@@mathhuemcmahon I feel like the plastic bottle environmental.problem is a shared responsibility. Not simply finger pointing at each other OR at water bottle manufacturers. And, ten years later, the problem has become more than just the plastic bottle, cost and taste premise of this old video. It's now also more focus on PFAS or I read another commenter raise concerns for plastic micro-molecules, I think. Water is an issue we all need to address, for even more reasons now.
Get an entire city to ban bottled water? seriously? I bet all the people from Flint Michigan would love this video. Trusting the Government is worse than trusting corporations.
Who else is drinking tap water while watching this?
Me
Me.
Me, but I put tea in it. 😊
Yup lol
Excellent.
I've already seen studies on Fiji water that came to basically the same result, that was years ago, i cant understand why people in the US still think Fiji water is fancy
Erin Gibbins its probably because of the bottle. Lol
I decided to apply this in my regular routine. Use tap water instead of bottled water.
Its very helpful to nature as well as us because it will reduce the pollution and global warming.
Bottled water usually does not taste great either, also it seems to be tasting 'dry' pretty much all the time on top of that. I rather use tap water, it's a lot cheaper, tastes a lot better and it leaves less junk behind.
SIG442 depends where you live.
SIG442 distled waywrtaste dry because there is nothing in it. the less there is the more dry it taste vs tap with chemicals in it
Dutch tap water is not problem, it's one of the best in the world. I however do not want to claim that it may be 'the best'. Simply do not know about that.
SIG442 i live in Texas is horrible water from tap
SIG442 you described bottled water perfectly, it does have a d
"drying" taste.
My father hated the entire concept of bottled water in general!
It was one of his major pet peeves.
He always called it the "biggest f'n waste of money ever."
And I remember how annoyed he used to get whenever my mom went into the store and bought a bottle of water!
I really think that she did it just to piss him off sometimes. She knew how he'd react. 😆
But it still makes me laugh to think back on all the times he bitched so much about it. It was always quite funny.
that page you refer to for fact checkers is not there. It says 909 not found...
Link worked for me.
SO MUCH INFORMATION IN SUCH A SHORT TIME! But it was delivered in A Simple, Fun, and Easy To Understand Manner! I ENJOYED IT!
I implore you then HOW IN THE WORD DO WE get away from THE FLUORIDE!!!!!
In countries with a democracy, you could vote for a party that does that. In most countries they already don't add fluoride in your drinking water. If you don't live in a democracy, the only way is a revolution, I'm sorry.
Does TAP WATER STILL INCLUDES FLUORIDE???
+Promotor de agua de mar Yes.
+Promotor de agua de mar
Yes, and contrary to those nutty conservative conspiracy theories, fluoride will not turn you into a communist.
+Paul T Sjordal
This video was a conspiracy theory of its own.
i am a bottle of water and i find this offensive
+Aryan Chaki nope you're a cat
No you are a dummy....
Mick Gordon r/wooosh
Tap water here lead to sickness 😢 at least me.
Thank You !!!
My problem with this video is that they are using the same tactics that the soft drink companies are using by using fear and negative imagery such as "smoking while pregnant".
Mur Mur Yeah, I agree. That imagery and tactic wasn't tasteful at all.
+Daniel Amspaugh But it was a bott- la - fun. !!! :) ha!
Nicholas Pisca Haha. I like your wit. :-)
+Mur Mur and the use of loaded words
You use what works to get your point across. All is fair in love, war, and lobbying.
While I like and agree with this video it does seem to use some disinformation, and should be careful that people don't use that fact to discredit the ideas behind the video.
First I have been involved in plastic production, and it is wrong to think we can recycle something back into what it was over and over. The reality is that every time plastic is melted down and recycled it is more brittle, and so using it to make lower quality products just makes sense.
Often things are made as a mixture of virgin and recycled plastic, and not just recycled materials.
To a lesser degree I would also point out that it is a little dishonest to talk about the production of all of a product, and then compare it to one person using one of the product, when considering the efficiency, or lack there of. It may have only been to make the point hit home, but I could easily see people twisting this into thinking the video itself is wrong.
the last paragraph makes no sense whatsoever
My mom told me that toilet water is cleanest.
I like the idea of water fountains . But I think some people might be turned off thinking it's unsanitary. I'm a carpenter and I've been hired from this establishment which is a state of the art fitness gym for the last 24 years to do any type of remodeling project. Great people, the owner has installed bottle fillers that are mounted right above the water fountains. You simply place your bottle on the designated spot ( can be as tall as 14 inches and any width within reason) it fills the bottle in seconds. I😢t is also filtered. It's the best tasting tap water I have ever tasted. I'm a die hard Evian drinker which I feel is without a doubt the best tasting ,smoothest water I've tried. And I've tried countless. I'm also a professional singer so finding the right water was a mission for me. When I take a slug of any purified water my mouth dries out almost instantly. The filtered water from the bottle fillers does not dry my mouth out in the least. They also have a counter on them so you can see just how many plastic bottles we're saved using the machine. It's only been two or three years since they have been installed in the 5 gyms this man owns. The numbers speak for themselves. Lowest number was around 180 thousand. The highest number was 240 thousand. That's a significant amount of plastic saved between the 5 clubs. Average 200 thousand per gym multipled by 5..... One man saved this planet from another million bottles of plastic in our landfills. If we choose to make a change and a difference towards the earth becoming a better place. (She's all we got) It's very easy for us to do. Buy yourself a filter for your kitchen sink. 20$ dollars every few months. You'll save thousands every year people. I'm in, LETS DO THIS!👌
I'm in support of the cause, but the information regarding "oil & energy" fuelling a million cars is misleading, deliberate or not. Crude oil is distilled in a fractional distillation. The crude oil is heated until its component hydrocarbons boil and recondense at different temperatures & heights/exits in the distillation stack. A handful of hydrocarbons are produced in the same distillation, including gasoline & naphthaline. Since it's the same process that produces gasoline for cars, and naphthaline as a precursor for PET, a comparison about "how many cars could be fuelled" is nonsensical and misleading.
"We will choose our own demands, thank you very much, and we are demanding clean, safe water for all." Uh, tap water isn't always clean and safe, sometimes bottled water has to be used in some locations.
Cole Fitzpatrick she said you should use them if the water where you are isnt clean.
Anyone here from TDSB?
Excellent!
That's why NY has bottle deposits. You'll never see a bottle littered on any street. Bottled water is still garbage tho..
James Greco I am glad you point that out, i do think that every city, community, state and countries have different needs according to our available resources and we cannot pretend to put a "one size fits all" sign on this.
I don’t know who they had doing the “taste testing” as I have never found any tap water that taste good. Unless you filter it with a really good filter it always at least to me has tasted bad sometimes the bleachy taste and smell make it almost unbearable to drink. I do agree the waste is a problem but please don’t tell me that Tap water taste better I’m not buying that at all. And if you purchase “Spring” water and the source is listed this water does not have it’s source from a city tap that would be labeled “purified water” which I avoid.
Excellent video.
The problem with this video is it doesn't give any evidence. It doesn’t give any studies or statistics and expects us to take their word for it.
+s7w2a ME I CARE WHO WOULD KILL THE PLANET The people who don't care about anything even them
+Heather Cameron ikr SHAME
They provide a link to the sources in video description.
Timothy P “Error 404”
Id still have tap instead of bottled considering it cant effect the evironment negatively in comparison with bottles
Nestle is fucking evil! Do what ever you can to boycott them! Is difficult, I know.
I grew up drinking hose water in my backyard and it was always refreshing in the summer. And tap water the rest of the year. My fridge makes good enough water and the ice machine makes it cold. Good enough for me.
I searched for this while drinking bottled water.
ur a savage bud
+Jamiro Smajic Could be worse.. you could be drink in coke which has exactly the same problems but also destroys your health
+badpanda84 but coke makes me happy and it has cute commercials that make me happy
+lilrush151 exactly. Just bc it is bad for our bodies doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't make us happy. Lol I bet I'm gonna get a ton of hate for my ignorance but seriously that's the way it is
LifeIsButADreamForTheD
I only watched this because my teacher made me.
Ha sameee. Did she make u watch the story of stuff as well?
BMO4LIFE Yeah
***** lol
+Torah Noah same :D
+Super Smash Freak But my name is Torah not Noah
I live in the Netherlands and people prefer tap water. I buy Fiji bottles and refill them a few times (Most Dutch People refill them), so you can refill them as much as you want.
3:35 FILTERED tap water
Anybody else always leave a water bottle two in the pack and just open the other one
Who, exactley, paid for this video to be made?
Thanks for the video I had a science/reading project due Thursday may 17 2018 about plastic and this video really helped me thanks. 😁😁🙂
Video not complete at all. If I understand the intent it is highly misleading as in most of the USA tap water you find fluoride that is highly toxic. The problem is... it's present in bottled water too. Solution: change the laws or buy the best filter you can afford to drink your tap.
What about fluoride inside tap water?
And chlorine
Irwan Santoso There so much more in bottled water ;) It is demonstrated in chemically and biologically ways. Fluoride is also important for out teeth..
Cristiano Ronaldo Commenting only on the Fluoride, portion. Yes, Fluoride is good for our teeth, but why do we have to consume it? I'd rather not have it in my drinking water and instead get it from toothpaste or mouthwash.
Cristiano Ronaldo No, there is around 14 to 21 times more fluoride in tap water than most bottled water. And that's if you're not careful about choosing a bottled water with no fluorine at all. Also look into the negative effects of fluoride. It's terrible stuff.
95pack Ok I will inform about that. However I think the portion of fluoride in water isnt very substancial. So I just wanted to say that there aren't any excuses about still using bottled water. The problem of plastic is one of the biggest problem in earth and is more important stop using bottled water (wich contains polluted substances) than fluoride. We can also protest about fluoride aftermaths in tap water and we will improve the environment and our health.
1143 People actually like the taste of "Fiji" Bottled water =p
RoxyLuffer Its better in taste than tap water in Lewisville, Texas. It also doesn't have Fluoride which I don't believe in. If Lewisville didn't Fluoridate I might not buy near as much Fiji.
Jonathan Swaringen You don't "believe" in fluoride? Fluoride is a natural element that exists in nature. The maximum safe daily consumption of fluoride is 10 mg for an adult, and there is less than 0.2 mg per cup of fluoridated water. You would need to drink 50 cups of water a day for it to become dangerous, and the recommended amount is around 12 cups. You're fine.
Alex Tinder YESSS! SCIENCE! I love it when people give Scientific answers to stuff! =D Get this, a friend of mine wanted me to go to an Anti-Fluoride rally and I'm like...Nope, there is no proof to the claims made by anti-fluoride'ers. (it's totally a word, I just made it one)
RoxyLuffer Haha, it's just crazy when people boycott something they don't have full understanding of. It's not some insane synthetic substance, it's fully natural and completely safe if you keep track of your intake.
It's the same idea with potassium. People say that those eating large amounts of bananas will die of potassium poisoning. For it to be lethal, you'd need to eat roughly 2500 mg per 2 lbs of body weight in 30 seconds. So for a 140 lb person, that's 350000 mg, or 700 bananas. (This obviously varies from person to person due to health, age, etc., but you get the idea)
People freak out over the littlest of things. Everything in this world can kill you, but everything also has its limits.
Alex Tinder What amuses me most are these anti-GMO people and the anti-Vaccine people, they lie outright to your faces about the thing, when they know nothing about it, and don't trust science! it's absolutely hilarious...in an infuriating kind of way XD
I love how everybody speaks about the "toxins" in tap water but don't even mention about the ones in bottled water from the plastic, or the fact that bottled water IS tap water, just filtered, something we can do at home with a good filter.
Am I the only one that did the math and counted that the sandwich was originally 50 bucks then
5 bucks bro:)
@@zainkhaki7386 no its $50, stop assuming and actually do the math
What about the flouride, which is known to cause cancer, that they dump in our tap water?
Bottled water is normally bottled tap water.
that is put in really small quantities and it helps our teeth
Christine Ruys yeah neurotoxin helps your teeth(fluoride)
correct, which is why it is put in toothpaste. Also, fluoride is not a neurotoxin
If you're afraid of fluoride, get a home based filter that'll filter it out. RO (reverse osmosis) definitely removes fluoride. There's no guarantee that your bottled water doesn't have fluoride.
Uhh we had to watch this about 5 times in my class. It's so annoying! The lady is also ANNOYING! It gets on my nerves
You did too? Haha, so did I.
All points mentioned make sense and this awareness is necessary as many people are not aware of these issues. Thanks for the video. However, there are still areas where tap water may have various kinds of contamination despite going through a lot of purification processes. E.g. lead contamination from pipes in older buildings, too much chlorine addition to water, etc. Filtering tap water before consumption at home also depletes minerals. The more stages the water goes through, the worse it can be for health. Still, from a sustainability perspective, tap water is the way to go.
This video was made by Tap Water Gang
Phoenix tap water sucks.
try New York's tap water
+Jimmy Hales Water from Wilits,California tastes good. Las Vegas tap water makes your breath stink o3o
teedle Right?! In a place that's so hot where the people drink tons of water it totally sucks that the water tastes terrible. Oh well, I guess we can't have everything.
+Jimmy Hales If it tastes like your pool, leave it out in a sunny area of your house for about 10 minutes before consuming it. The chlorine will dissipate, and it will taste much better.
Also, if you are still concerned, invest in a faucet Brita filter or other brand filter. These work very well and you have clean water as soon as you turn on your faucet!
Bottled water actually contains so many contaminants, and it's more important that we support the scientists who are working every day to cleanse our tap than large corporations who are selling us water of no better quality and ripping us off.
Not me watching this video with all the empty water bottles lying around in my room
Haha! Hilarious when recycling is just as bad as anything else.
+Ben A I don't think its funny.
Meh, tap taste like tap. Fiji is the best tasting water I've ever had....Cleveland should bottle their water...
*****
I love Fiji water. Other water tastes "thicker". fiji is just different.
***** Good job ignoring the facts in the video.
***** Whatever, its only $4 for 36 bottles 560ml each.
***** Exactly! Fiji tastes like liquid gold.
GunBrothersGaming wrong, dude. Only beer tastes like liquid gold. :D
Tap water tastes like expired milk. This video is irrelevant.
TechRax I know, right?
P.S. What are you doing here?
TechRax Tap water does not taste anything like expired milk. At all.
I agree. I never, ever drink tap because many municipalities that run water systems are completely incompetent and the annual testing by the feds isn't near enough to make any city worker do their job the other 364 days of the year. Municipal water systems are monopolies, while bottled water manufacturers have to compete and as a result produce a higher quality product that people CHOOSE to buy or not buy depending on how good the product is.
TechRax This is coming from a dude who wastes technology for a living.
TechRax If you don't like the taste of your tap water, try using a water filter. Based on the local water, tap water will taste funny due to differing mineral content. You'll still save tons of money vs bottled water.