8th grade Leadership

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• 1    Yang // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:18 am

  I am very shocked to discover this, now I feel that we should all drink tap water. Its much more cheaper than bottled water and better for the enviroment. In addition you can buy water filters if you don’t trust tap water, still saving you tons of money than having bottled water. Lastly, most bottled water are more than 25 percent tap water, so you’re basically drinking tap water with a few other items inside for a thousand times for money.

• 2    Eddie // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:21 am

  1 I think that as long as you have access to clean tap water using bottled water is a waste because it takes away some peoples access to clean drinking water.
  2. I also think that bottled water as long as you have access to clean Tap water offers no convenience or health benefit.

• 3    Jenn // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:21 am

  1.) after reading the blog, i feel that companies should cut back on the amount of bottled water produced. i never really took the time to think that bottled water is bad for the environment. i did not realize its great impact.

  2.) bottled water offers a convenience but not necessarily a health benefit. for example, the article says that half of fiji’s bottled water is not actually very clean. drinking dirty water does not result it good health.

• 4    Christin // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:22 am

  1) What are your feelings on the environmental impact of bottled water after after reading the blog by the EDF?

  after i read this story i felt like the solar panel reduces more energy from the heat and nuclear energy.

  2) Does bottled water offer a convenience and health benefit which the EDF blog entry does not mention?

  the water bottle does not convenience of the health profit because the fiji water produces more than a million bottles a day.

• 5    Albert // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:23 am

  1. After reading the article, My feelings on bottled water are that you should buy a biodegradeable water bottle, and fill it yourself at a local spring such as the water fountain in the South Mountain reservation.
  2. I forget when, but the NYT reported that the “Advanced Filtration” system used by Dasani and Aquafina is no different from filtered water at home. All that bottled water is paying for a nicer bottle design.

• 6    Ben // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:23 am

  1) I believe that bottled water has a large impact on our environment and it does not help that most of America, as much as 88 percent, does not recycle. Also, shipping bottled water can be costly. That is why I believe that Americans should begin to make an effort to drink more tap water in restaurants and at home. The EDF says that tap water is cleaner than most bottled water and definitely less expensive to ship.

  2) Bottled water is used by Americans for its convenience. Most bottled water is very clean and purified. The cleanliness of tap water varies from state to state but bottled water does not vary. Bottled water is used for its convenience and reliability. I do not think that it is realistic that America will start to use tap water instead of Poland Spring or Deer Park.

• 7    Miguel // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:24 am

  1) I think I would rather drink tap water because it is healthier and there is no risk of getting toxic carcinogens from the plastic bottle. Also, I think it is very inefficient that it takes three times the amount of water in the bottle to make it.

  2)I think that the EDF did a good job in showing you all the health risks and conveniences of bottled water. Also, I think many of the risks of bottled water could be easily avoided by recycling or finding cleaner ways to create the bottles and transport them to other places.

• 8    Gaby // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:24 am

  1) After reading this blog, I never knew that water had that much of an impact on the environment. I always thought that it pure and did not effect our environment. I never realized the environmental footprint it leaves on our world. I also did not know that we are spending so much money when we could just get pure tap water.

  2) Bottled water does offer a convenience and health benefit which the EDF blog entry does not mention. It is healthier to drink water than to drink a bottle of diet coke for example. Also, it is convenient because it is very easy to get, and it a great thirst quencher.

• 9    Erica // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:24 am

  1) After reading the blog by EDF, my feelings of environmental impact of bottled water has changed for the fact that I never knew how much it effected the world. I always thought the water was natural, and did not need to be filtered out. The prices of bottled water is much more expensive than regular tap water. Tap water is cleaner. It says in the article that even though recycling bottled water is okay, it is still more efficient to use tap water at home and in restaurants. Because I am more aware of this fact, i am going to try to recycle all of my bottled water and use tap water as well.

  2) Bottled water does offer a convenience and health benefit which the EDF blog does not mention. If a person is in a car or away from a tap source, the bottle of water is more convenient to them. It depends on the situations that a person is in it is better to drink water than to drink unhealthy drinks such as soda like coke for example.

• 10    Andrew // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:25 am

  1. I think that bottled water is leaving a gigantic carbon footprint in our environment. Everyone should have 2 or 3 water bottles and keep refilling them whenever they need water. It is even said that most tap water is cleaner than bottled water.

  2. I think bottled water does not offer a health benefit. If you leave bottled water in a car on a hot day and come back, than the plastic from the bottle can melt and become poisonous. Even though plastic bottles are convienient, they are not convienent to the environment.

• 11    Adam // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:25 am

  1) I feel upset after reading this article. I think we should all start by at least being more observent about recycling. LESS THAN 20% OF THE PLASTIC BOTTLES RECYCLED! THAT’ RIDICULOUS! We need to start having recycling bins by all trash cans so people always recycle. The only reason people don’t recycle is because they’re lazy and they don’t want to walk to the recycling bin or hold on to it until they see one. If there is a garbage can 20 feet away, the person will just trash their plastic bottle.

  2) Bottled water does have a health benefit that this article does not describe but I also believe we are a bit paranoid. Tap water doesn’t taste that different. If you were served tap water without knowing it, you might not notice the difference. We should all start drinking tap.

• 12    Lindsay // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:26 am

  The best solution for this problem would be to re use the plastic water bottles. Instead of throwing them away after one use you can use them more than once. It would also be just as clean to use tap water if you buy a tap water filter. This will change that pollution that is created by the use of water bottles. This is not very possible that every person will do this but every person can make a difference. Now the water companies are trying to make a change. They have created water bottles made with less plastic, and this is better for the environment. It is horrible that most people living in Fiji do not have clean or any water to use, but this company is producing 1 million water bottles daily. This company should give water resources to the people living there instead of talking it away from them.

• 13    Alden // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:27 am

  1) I feel that the water companies should make their bottles more eco friendly. The demand for bottled water would be lower if consumers were informed about all of the issues of transporting and leaning bottled water.

  2) In many peoples eyes, bottled water is the cleanest water you can drink. Also, some people think that tap water is filled with chemicals used to clean it. I think that bottled water is a lot easier to take with you and it is a lot more convenient than drinking from a water fountain.

• 14    Yang // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:27 am

  Hey guys sup. The only problem with tap water s that no one is basically willing to do it. How many actually ask a waiter for tap water at a restaurant or store?

• 15    Josh // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:27 am

  I have always felt that bottled water is a waste and should not be used. It pollutes and is not any cleaner then normal tap water from your home. but it is much easier to use them then bringing a water bottle around. But you do have to make sacrifices for the environment.

  It is much easier and there is no doubt that it is healthier the soda. but you don’t always have to bring your water bottle. but gradually bring it to more places you go. and eventually it will become a habit.

• 16    zach // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:28 am

  1. I believe that the use of bottled water in the USA is unnecessary. I understand that if you are going to play a sport or you need to bring a bottle of water to lunch, but when you are at home you might as well drink tap water. If tap water is cleaner than bottle water, why not drink tap water if it is also better for the environment. I have never realized how much of damage bottled water has been, I have always thought it is better for us because tap water could be dirty. Also, by using tap water you could save money on cleaner water. In addition, the amount of gas that we use for transporting this water is ridiculous.

  2 .Bottled water does offer a convenience that EDF doesn’t mention. It is useful to have bottled water so we can carry it around and has it for school, sports, etc. If we ever need water, it would be easier to have a bottle than looking for a water fountain or a faucet.

• 17    Albert // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:28 am

  Dear Gaby and others,
  1. The word natural is used way to often as a marketing gimmick you’d be surprised how this word differs from most products.
  2. Try to go and fill your water at home and reuse water bottles.

• 18    Isaac // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:29 am

  1) I think that people shouldn’t be using so many plastic bottles and that it is especially self centered for the water bottle companies to use so many of them when we are so limited in oil. With the amount of oil used for the water bottles, they could fuel 3 million cars for a year. Because the bottled water is so similar to tap, I feel that the companies should sell reusable water bottles that aren’t accused of being bad for you and giving cancer when reused.

  2) I also feel that it is better for you to drink bottled water than to drink soda and other unhealthy drinks. But still as I mentioned earlier I feel that the water bottle companies should make bottles that don’t use so much oil to make or bottles that are reusable and aren’t bad and unhealthy for you to re-use.

• 19    Robert // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:30 am

  1) What are your feelings on the environmental impact of bottled after after reading the blog by the EDF?

  After reading this article I feel that bottled water is a luxury, not a necessity. People should be eager to save money with prices rising all around, and this seems like a place to cut back on

  2) Does bottled water offer a convenience and health benefit which the EDF blog entry does not mention?

  It defiantly is a convenience, since it is portable as opposed to a tap, but again it is a luxury and is not really needed. Most restaurants have water from a tap available, so there is no real benefit.

• 20    Robert // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:32 am

  Alden,
  Chemicals are not used to clean water

• 21    Christin // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:33 am

  jenn-i like your answers because i enjoyed reading it.

• 22    Yang // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:34 am

  Mr. Albert Reiss, I would like to ask you how many times in your life you used tap water. Truth is we say we agree this is healthier, but us humans are far too hypocritical to do it.

• 23    Albert // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:34 am

  Dear Alden,
  1. I agree with u 100%
  2. I’ve been drinking tap water for a long time and nothing has happened to me. We live in New Jersey, not Guatemala.

• 24    Erica // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:36 am

  Dear Albert,
  I do reuse my water bottles some of the time, and the other times i recycle. Yes sometimes it can be used as a marketing gimmick, but then how do you know what is true and what is not?

• 25    stephanie // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:36 am

  1) What are your feelings on the environmental impact of bottled after after reading the blog by the EDF?

  Bottled water makes a huge impact on the environment. Bottled water manufacturers used up the equivalent of 17 barrels of oil which could power 1 million cars for a year. Also it produced 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide. Producing one water bottle uses 3 times the water than what is in the bottle. Including the transportation of the bottles, making Bottled Water uses 50 million barrels of water a year. This is obviously making a lasting impact on the environment. If it helps the environment, it is just as healthy if not more healthy, and it is cheaper than bottled water, I think there is no reason why we should not drink tap water.

  2) Does bottled water offer a convenience and health benefit which the EDF blog entry does not mention?

  Bottled water is convenient, but according to the article it isn’t any healthier than tap water. Bottled water companies are allowed to have as many contaminants as tap water, also their filtering laws are more lenient than those of tap water. I think that tap water is safe to drink and if you put it in a reusable bottle, it is just as convenient as a regular water bottles.

• 26    Albert // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:36 am

  Dear Mr. Yang,
  I use tap water everyday.

• 27    Robert // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:36 am

  Albert,
  BOIL YOUR WATER WHEN IN SOUTH AMERICA!!!!!!
  EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT!!!!

• 28    Yang // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:37 am

  Josh, have you always felt that bottle water shouldn’t been used? Cmon you kno you dont get a reuseable water bottle and never buy a coke or whatever?

• 29    Sona // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:37 am

  1) The impact of bottled water on the environment is an amazingly big problem with an really easy solution! Recycling is the best way to handle it, but unfortunately people don’t RECYCLE. LESS THAN 12 PERCENT of people recycle! If all of the billions of water bottles this country were recycled, then we wouldn’t have to worry about its impact on the environment, because there would be none.

  2) The price we pay, as consumers, is not for the water, but for convenience of being able to buy water whenever necessary, and replaces the need for more unhealthy drinks like fructose infused sodas or others. It keeps people hydrated and healthy, much better than we would be without. But, after using bottled water, I repeat, RECYCLE!!!!!

• 30    Ben // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:38 am

  Adam,
  I have found through personal experiences that tap water and bottled water have two completely different tastes. I think that it will be nearly impossible to convince the public that they should drink tap water.

• 31    Albert // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:38 am

  Dear all,
  If u don’t have a water filter,
  u can boil water. =)
  (old school is always better than new school)
  Albert

• 32    Yang // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:38 am

  Dear Albert, u drink vitamin water every day at lunch? geez when did that come outa tap?

• 33    Gaby // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:39 am

  Dear Albert,
  how do you know that all tap water is safe to drink?

• 34    Isaac // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:39 am

  Yang,
  restaurants usually don’t use bottled water for the water they serve in their cups. They wouldn’t pour the water from the bottle into something different to serve you. Also, stores are different and you usually can ask stores for a free cup of tap water.

• 35    Lizzie // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:39 am

  1)Bottles and cans have a lasting impact on the environment. Even though companies have now started using lighter weight bottles and manufacturers are trying to promote people to recycle these bottles, the Earth is still slowly being destroyed. By reducing the amount of bottled water produced and using more tap water the U.S. has the chance to leave a smaller carbon footprint on the planet. It is important to start responding to this issue and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. By reducing the amount of bottled water consumed each day people can start repairing the world.

  2)Bottled water offers a convenience to many parts of the world. Diseases and chemicals are carried in much of the tap water on this planet. Even though in this article they say that tap water is the same as bottled water, bottled much of the time is cleaner. If your house’s pipes are old, tap water may be dirty and unclean. These are just some of the risks of tap water.

• 36    nathan // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:40 am

  1) I believe that the amount of bottle water produced and purchased is pointless. Bottled water makes a big impact on pollution. Instead of purchasing bottle water, people can drink tap water right out of their own sinks. Although bottled water may taste a little better, companies such as PUR and BRITA can make the water taste better and cleaner. Bottled water accounts for a large percent of pollution. If we limit the amount of bottled water we drink we can possibly save the environment.

  2) Although bottled water offers a convenience, it is filled with chemicals that are used to clean the water. Instead of drinking bottled water people can carry around tap water. Tap water is available almost at every restaurant and sporting event. Bottled water might be cleaner, however tap water usually doesn’t cause diseases. They are both water, but wouldn’t you rather want to save the environment by drinking tap water.

• 37    vinson // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:41 am

  1) I think it is way healthier to drink tap water it cost less and way easer to get its right in your kitchen and it’s just a step away. Other then driving to the store to get the bottles of water.

• 38    Marielle // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:41 am

  I feel that all usage of water bottles is bad for the environment. To make, ship and even recycling the water bottles creates way too many emissions and takes up too much gas. Also buying a water filter for your home saves you money. Buying water bottles gets expensive and in the future these companies are going to raise the prices anyways because of the high prices of gas. We need to end the usage of plastic water bottles.

  Water bottles do not offer health benefit. Water bottles can taint the water with the plastic and is just as safe as tap water. If people are so paranoid about what is in their tap water- water bottles are using the same technology for filters.

• 39    Hannah // Oct 21, 2008 at 8:25 pm

  after reading this article, i feel that water bottles shouldn’t be used as much as now. it is bad ffor the enviroment to start off with. i always thought that fiji was made in the CLEAN waters of fiji and poland spring was good for the envviroment and good for your body too. but buying tap water is saving money and doesn’t make you have to go out in your car as much and waste gas. the prices are high and getting higher.

  bottled water seems to be convienient to the rest of us but it isn’t in reality. if we carried around nalgene bottles or something related to that, it also wouldn’t make as much garbage. when we fill it with tap water we see it has no chemicals in it but we dont fill bottled water ourselves and we don’t see what goes into it.

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