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Bottled Water Quality Investigation: 10 Major Brands, 38 Pollutants
URL: http://www.ewg.org/reports/bottledwater

Description:
Executive summary and results from 2008 "laboratory tests conducted ... at one of the country's leading water quality laboratories [that] found that 10 popular brands of bottled water ... contained 38 chemical pollutants altogether, with an average of 8 contaminants in each brand." Includes description of methodology, policy recommendations, and suggestions for consumers (including avoiding plastic bottles). From the Environmental Working Group (EWG).

LII Topics: Bottled Water, Water, Water Pollution & Quality

Publisher:
Environmental Working Group (EWG)

LII Database Information:
Record 27041 created by Maria Brandt on 10/27/2008
Last modification on 11/03/2008
Published: 11/13/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27041

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