Somebody brought up, I think, about a lot of bottled water being (filtered) tap water.
I was saying that bottled water in the states is regulated by the FDA but I failed to point out that this is only is it CROSSES STATE LINES. I didn't realize how large a percentage of it actually doesn't, making it exempt from regulation by the FDA...I don't know if the EPA has any jurisdiction on that or if it is strictly up to the state.
This from Cynthia Sass of the American College of Sports Medicine:
...Sass points out that an estimated 60 to 70 percent of all bottled water in the U.S. is packaged and sold within the same state, which exempts it from FDA regulation. And 1 in 5 states do not regulate that bottled water.
Moreover, tests on 1,000 bottles of 103 different brands of bottled water found man-made chemicals, bacteria and arsenic in 22 percent of the bottles.
Tap water is also not immune to contamination problems. While most cities meet the standards for tap water, some tap water in the 19 U.S. cities tested was found to contain arsenic, lead, and pesticides, Sass told the conference (11th annual Health & Fitness Summit in Dallas.).
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