Why You Should Stop Buying Bottled Water

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After reading about the environmental and financial pitfalls associated with the bottling water process, you may be tempted to do your bit to save on cash and save the environment by just refilling your plastic bottles with tap water. That would be a mistake; according to Reader's Digest, scientific studies show that on average there are about 900,000 units forming colonies of bacteria on each square centimeter of a plastic water bottle reused for a week.