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The water that comes into our homes has been specially processed for use by human beings. However, tap water is not safe to drink because of the presence of lead and other toxic substances in it. Drugs and even sewage waste have been found in some metropolitan water supplies. As a result, municipal agencies are warning users to take steps to purify drinking water or to buy bottled water for drinking. The business world has responded to this call by bottling water thereby making it convenient for the public to have a safe and ready supply of water.

Now the bottled water industry has grown rapidly over the past five to ten years and everyone has at some time drunk bottled water. Bottled spring water is one of the more popular varieties. It is packed and marketed in one gallon bottles and in smaller sizes. In recent times, companies have begun offering custom bottled water for special events, like fund raising, or special promotions.

Spring water, which comes from natural springs and it may be bottled and sold as mineral water. Today, there are many brands of bottled water which are labeled spring water, however this is deceptive advertising as the water in these bottles is water that has been purified and bottled for commercial purposes.

Distilled water is water which has most of the minerals and pollutants removed. Distillation is the process in which water is boiled and allowed to cool so that the steam condenses back into the water. Distillation takes a long time and is also expensive and leaves a yellow scale behind.

Though drinking distilled water is good, there may be scarcity of certain types of health benefits according to the Journal of General Internal Medicine and other health organizations. No fluoride is found in mineral – free water due to which tooth decay occurs. Also, it was found that drinking “hard” water- that containing minerals – may prevent cardiovascular problems, a benefit not found in drinking distilled water.

Deionized or mineral-free water can be used as an alternative of distilled water which cost you less. A physical process of ion exchange removes the minerals such as sodium, iron, copper and calcium and leaves the water clean and pure, similar to distilled water. Though, it is not possible to eliminate all minerals or bacteria, but mineral free water is one of the purest types of water.

In recent times, bottled water entered with countless negative publicity from health and environmental watchdog groups. These groups claim that bottled water is simply reprocessed municipal water, since plastic leaks harmful chemicals into the water, hence it is dangerous to our health. People criticise about the use of fuel and environmental waste in manufacturing of bottles. Pro-bottled water groups counter such criticisms with claims of regulatory standards due to which water become unsafe to drink. While the debates rage on, bottled water companies continue to load up their trucks and smile all the way to the bank.

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