How Healthy Is Bottled Water


	How Healthy Is Bottled Water

Marcariel

2-8-2008 10:10 PM

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water, bottled water, plastic bottles, bacteria, heath, tap water

Marcariel says:

Some amazing and scary facts about bottled water and the plastics it is packaged in in the USA. The cost , the article states, is more than gasoline in the U.S.

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