I know... Bottled water is bad, its polluting the earth. I know. But I liked to stop at the store next to my gym and buy a gallon of water. Its super convenient, cheap and gets me to drink more water. The gallons are only 1 dollar. I recycle the bottles. I literally bring all my recyclables to the center every 2 weeks. Anyway back to the topic. There have been a few brands of water lately that Consumer Reports has said contained arsenic. I know that aresenic is a naturally occurring substance in the earth and is kind of ubiquitous. It's pretty much in everything. Although the amounts vary and are usually not harmful. But I am not well educated on the subject. Here are the numbers
PPM= Parts Per Million
Crysyal Geyser(the one I drink)- Contained 0.004 PPM
Volvic- Contained 0.004 PPM
Starkey Spring Water- 0.008 PPM
Now these are 3 popular brands of water. Volvic more so in Europe and the UK and Starkey is an expensive spring water sold in glass bottles at Whole Foods. But Crystal Geyser is cheap , sold in big gallon jugs and is all over the United States. Now I don't know much about these amounts. How much is something like 0.004 parts per million? Is that something to be concerned with when consuming it on the regular? Looking at my cities tap water quality report and the arsenic level is much higher. I do drink filtered tap water. I know its better than bottled for the environment. So please don't judge me for drinking bottled water. I am just genuinely wondering about those numbers and hoping someone educated in the subject can help me
Those waters I posted. Are those numbers something to be worried about?
