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Breaking the Bottled Water Habit
Despite news reports and studies showing the dubious benefits of drinking bottled water, many people continue the habit, along with adding all those empty bottles to landfills nationwide.
How to Quit a Bottled Water Habit
by Erin McKeever
Switching from drinking bottled water to tap is great way to help the environment and save money. Here are 5 tips to make the transition easier and get others to join in.
1. Get Over It
There is nothing about bottled water that makes it better or safer than tap water. In fact, tap water has even more government oversight and often less risk of contamination. Tap water usually has fluoride added to help prevent tooth decay and costs only pennies a gallon. On the other hand, even inexpensive bottled water Read the rest of this entry »