“Tap water or nothing”… They are giving up plastic bottles which are considered hazardous to health

Do you prefer tap or bottled water? According to a study published Monday in the journal PNAS, bottled water contains 100 times more tiny particles of plastic. Each liter contains 110,000 to 370,000 particles per liter, of which 90% are nanoplastics, the rest microplastics, the researchers detail. At the same time, the boss of the Nestlé Waters group, Perrier, Vittel, Hepper and Contrex, admitted to using banned ultraviolet treatments and activated carbon filters on some of its mineral waters to maintain “their food safety”.

So should we be careful with the water we consume now? Faced with these deceptive practices with dire consequences, many of our readers say they should put an end to plastic bottles.

Tap water, the ultimate solution?

An adult should drink at least 1.5L of water per day for good health. But faced with the publication of several studies highlighting the harmful effects of plastic in water bottles, particularly on the reproductive system, the theory was abandoned long ago. “Having long been an ardent supporter of bottled mineral water, I have neither bought nor drunk bottled water for fifteen years now, due to a lack of confidence in tap water, unless it is impossible to do otherwise.

This is also the case for Emma and Emmeline who now prefer glass bottles. Moreover, for the latter, the fact of “not enriching an industrialist who monopolizes an important resource” is a source of pride.

More than plastic

For others the problem lies elsewhere, or at least not just in plastic bottles. For Vincent, the tap water is not very pure because of “chlorine and pollutants”. “When will we go back to glass bottles or a bulk tank system where we can fold our containers (in steel for example),” he suggests.

Fred, for his part, found his own solution: the Berkey carbon filter, which allows the water to be further purified. Ryan, for his part, believes that we should take the example of our Scandinavian neighbors from whom “plastic bottles, glasses and cans bring money” when you buy them. It takes about three liters of water.

Morality more than health

More than a question of health, the first impulse of many of our readers is to boycott these multinational companies, which, according to Eliot, show “disdain” for consumers. She explains that she noticed that bottles of water were stored in the overhead storage areas of Leclerc and Hyper U hypermarkets, at temperatures over 30 degrees in the summer, when she lived in Chalons. de la Loire.

“I have stopped trusting the quality of this bottled water because it should not be stored in light or heat,” adds Eliot who laments the fact that we have not started taking the quality issue seriously. And its amount of water than now. “It’s too late for our children and grandchildren,” she judges.