I knew it all along

I found this interesting piece in the NYTimes on some of the truths about bottled water, which do not surprise me at all. I am a bottled water drinker simply because it's practical... living in NY and always on the move. However I do drink from the tap when I'm at home. Mostly because Ihave always heard that NYC water is one of the best in the country. But check this out:

Bottled water is undeniably more fashionable and portable than tap water. The practice of carrying a small bottle, pioneered by supermodels, has become commonplace. But despite its association with purity and cleanliness, bottled water is bad for the environment. It is shipped at vast expense from one part of the world to another, is then kept refrigerated before sale, and causes huge numbers of plastic bottles to go into landfills.
Of course, tap water is not so abundant in the developing world. And that is ultimately why I find the illogical enthusiasm for bottled water not simply peculiar, but distasteful. For those of us in the developed world, safe water is now so abundant that we can afford to shun the tap water under our noses, and drink bottled water instead: our choice of water has become a lifestyle option. For many people in the developing world, however, access to water remains a matter of life or death.

Read the whole article, it's really interesting.

Via boingboing