Tuesday, May 04, 2004

Bottled or Tap Water?

"The assumption that bottled water is higher quality than tap water is more a myth than a certainty, said William Oleckno, Northern Illinois University public health professor and a water quality expert, the newspaper of DeKalb, Ill.-based college. The FDA regulates bottled water products, and the Environmental Protection Agency regulates tap water, Oleckno said. The FDA has adopted the same standards as the EPA for tap water, he said. Consequently, bottled water standards for contaminants are similar to tap water standards."
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