Evidence: The history of bottled water

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After you watch the video answer the following questions. Use any voice recording software
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answers.

1. What are the problems with bottled water? Name at least two problems.
When oil production and extraction is used to make water bottles and when waste plastic
bottles appear on the streets. types of plastics contain endocrine disrupting chemicals, which
are associated with an increased risk of developing breast, ovarian, uterine, thyroid, and
prostate cancer.
2. What is the difference between bottled water and drinking water?
That the bottled water is processed and contaminated by the companies that manufacture
the bottles, instead the tap water is simply transferred to the people who are being
processed. shows the presence of phthalate residues in PET bottles, one of the most widely
used plastics in the bottled water industry. Phthalates can adversely affect health when
found in certain quantities, since, among other things, they can act as endocrine disruptors,
causing an estrogenic effect, i.e. behaving like female hormones.
3 Describe the manufacturing process of a plastic bottle.
When companies obtain raw materials from nature to make bottles, they fill the bottles with
processed water, transport the bottles to people, collect the empty bottles and, if they do not
vote for the incinerators, use them to rebuild new bottles. plastic bottles can release
carcinogenic dioxins into water
4 What happens to plastic bottles after they are thrown away?
If they do not end up in landfills for many years, they end up in incinerators where toxic
pollutants are released. When we open a bottle of water, its interior can be contaminated
with different types of microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi, which can come from
different sources, such as our mouth (if we drink directly through the plastic container) or
the environment, according to studies.
5. What solutions can be implemented to solve this problem?
If we promote political campaigns to reduce the sale of water bottles and give schools,
homes and families the consequences of buying bottled water, people will drink tap water
without worry or illness. Stopping using water bottles and also not exposing them to the sun
or high temperatures can generate a higher concentration of antimony, a chemical used as
a catalyst to manufacture PET bottles that, in high quantities, can be toxic and has been
linked to an increase in cardiovascular risk, in addition to being considered a carcinogen.
6 Is this a common problem in your community? What does the community do to deal
with it?
If it is very common, people buy bottled water believing that it comes from clean areas, they
are not mistaken, if we do not have meetings and talks with the community about each family
that has a special bin at home just for plastic bottles. We will have many environmental
problems in the future. another of the chemical compounds, Bisphenol A (BPA) in plastic
bottles has been linked to reproductive abnormalities, such as a greater effect on semen, in
addition to being an agent for the development of diabetes and obesity.

7. Will you drink bottled water again? Why? Why? Why not? Why not?
Not because the difference between the taste of bottled water and tap water isn't too big
and because when you buy that bottled water, we're just getting companies to make more
and more unnecessary plastic bottles. Bottled water is not a sustainable alternative, even if
the industry wants to make it look that way. It is true that many companies are currently
carrying out projects for the reuse or recycling of plastic bottles, but in most cases, the bottles
always end up in the trash and continue to generate pollution. We are not saying that tap
water is 100% safe for use, as it depends on the treatment it receives to make it fit for human
consumption.
8. What will you do in the future to reduce the number of plastic bottles used in the
world?
If my work area and family support me, I will campaign for rules, penalties or fines for people
who do not recycle the plastic bottles they buy in their stores. Attempts to live without plastic
are largely based on the choice of purchasing options that are limited to the use of traditional
materials such as glass, paper, metal, ceramics or stone.
But it is not simple; synthetic resins are present, in one way or another, in most of what we
buy, consume and discard.