昨天读了一篇有关瓶装水的好与坏? 以及瓶装水说明书的短文。ZT 过来与网友分享。

瓶装饮用水在我们日常饮料中已经成了不可缺少的一个组成部分,即方便又“干净”。相信每个人的车里都有一瓶两瓶，或是在车厢后面还有一箱半箱的。尤其是自驾车旅游，野营，瓶装水更是我们长长List里不可缺少的重要必备品之一。

这篇报道对173不同品种的瓶装饮用水的说明书做了调查，包括美国市场上销量最好的十种品牌的瓶装水。文章登载在 USAToday上，全文很长，我ZT一部分过来，网友如果有兴趣，可登录以下网站查看详情。

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2011/01/bottled-water-lack-key-data/1
http://breakingnews.ewg.org/bottled-water-2011-tips-drinking-water

Jan 07, 2011

Best and worst bottled waters? Labels reveal little

What's in your bottled water? Is it really from a pristine mountain stream or did it come from the next town's tap? A new survey of 173 bottled waters finds that only three -- and only one of the top 10 U.S. brands -- tell customers where the water comes from and how it's purified.

Nestlé's Pure Life Purified Water discloses its water source and treatment method on the label, according to the survey by the Washington-based Environmental Working Group (EWG). Yet the nine other top domestic brands – Coca-Cola's Dasani, Pepsi's Aquafina, Crystal Geyser, and – strangely – six other of Nestlé's seven brands – do not.

 EWG's first Bottled Water Scorecard, released in July 2009, said only two of 188 brands disclosed their product's source, treatment and purity. Its new survey released this week, finds more than half of the brands made either no improvements in transparency or revealed less than in 2009.

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The report says 18% of bottled water brands, including Publix, Kroger and Harris Teeter store brands, fail to list their sources. It says 32%,  including Giant's Acadia Natural Spring Water and CVS' Gold Emblem Natural Spring Water, disclose nothing about the treatment or purity of the water.

An industry group, the International Bottled Water Association, said the report makes "false and misleading" claims. In a statement, it said "bottled water is a safe, healthy and convenient product" and said EWG's grades are based on "subjective and irrelevant" criteria.

Bottled water companies are not required by the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates the industry, to publish water quality tests. The Environmental Protection Agency requires water utilities do so for tap water.

The EWG report encourages consumers to drink tap water, adding: "It costs far less than bottled water and doesn't come wrapped in plastic waste to clog landfills, clutter streams and rivers and build up in the ocean." EWG offers tips on how to filter tap water for optimal results.

 The scorecard grades 173 bottled water brands, including the 10 top-selling U.S. ones as follows:

Pure Life Purified Water (Nestle), B

Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water (Nestle), C

Aquafina Purified Drinking Water (Pepsi), D

Dasani Purified Water (Coca-Cola), D

Deer Park Natural Spring Water (Nestle), D

Ice Mountain Natural Spring Water (Nestle), D

Ozarka Natural Spring Water (Nestle), D

Poland Spring Natural Spring Water (Nestle), D

Zephyrhills Natural Spring Water (Nestle), D

Crystal Geyser Natural Alpine Spring Water (CG Roxane), F

在这里 B代表Best Labels；C代表Better Labels；D代表Murky Labels And F代表 Murkiest Labels。

在最好的标签一栏有三种品牌的瓶装水，分别是：

Gerber Pure Purified Water；

Nestle Pure Life Purified Water；

Penta Ultra-Purified Water。

C.D.和 F 列出的品牌很多，就不在这儿一一列出了。我们经常Shopping的商店大部分都在出售这三个品牌的瓶装水。

对于瓶装饮用水，可能也是仁者见仁，智者见智，意见各有不同，此文仅供参考。