1. BOTTLED WATER CLEANING UP SOURCE WATER & GETTING BACK TO THE TAP

2. People care about water #1 environmental priority for Americans: water In polls, water beats: global warming ozone depletion logging recycling

3. And we’re willing to pay $0.002 $0.224 $3.73 $3.79

4. What are we really buying?

5. 17 million barrels of oil to make the bottles

6. Equal to one million cars

7. 2.5 million tons of CO2

8. Equal to 11,000 fully loaded transatlantic flights

9. Where do all the bottles go?

10. 24% are recycled

11. 81% of the unrecycled bottles go to landfills

12. 19% go straight to incinerators

13. 6 times more plastic than plankton in the ocean

14. Growing awareness of bottled water problems

15. But we’re drinking more 25 5 10 15 20 gallons of bottled water per capita per year ? ?

16. What we tested 10 different bottled waters Brands chosen based on EWG market survey, and including national super market brands Water purchased in 9 states and the District of Columbia 24 liter (6 gallon) sample Tested for 170 contaminants

17. What we found 38 pollutants detected 8 pollutants / brand on average disinfection byproducts, fluoride, fertilizer residue, tylenol and caffeine, synthetic chemicals (some from plastic), bacteria, & radioactive contaminants over 1/3 detected pollutants are not regulated in bottled water

18. 44% of bottled water is city tap water that has been treated (or not)

19. Scientific studies

20. Water quality reports

21. For chemical contaminants Testing bottlers once a year All results are secret Total diet study No results released For chemical contaminants Testing bottlers once a year All results are secret Total diet study No results released

22. No consumer “Right to Know” No requirement to make bottled water test results public Water source: 10% of 228 products disclose Water treatment: 22% of 228 products disclose

23. Test for contaminants Test for contaminants Disclose results Disclose results Identify source of water and filtration technique Identify source of water and filtration technique Recommendations

24. Bottled Water Sales Growth Slow to a Trickle The Dallas Morning News, November 2008

25. The weak economy is sucking up disposable income. Higher costs for plastic packaging have pushed up prices. Environmentalists are making inroads in their efforts to get consumers back to the tap. The weak economy is sucking up disposable income. Higher costs for plastic packaging have pushed up prices. Environmentalists are making inroads in their efforts to get consumers back to the tap.

27. BOTTLED WATER CLEANING UP SOURCE WATER & GETTING BACK TO THE TAP ewg.org/reports/bottledwater