Drinking Bottled Water

Water is a vital substance that is required to survive, without it we can suffer from severe dehydration and possibly even death. The Mayo Clinic Staff states in "Water: How much should you drink every day?", that "Every system in your body depends on water. For example water flushes toxins out of vital organs, carries nutrients to your cells, and provides a moist environment for ear, nose, and throat tissues" (Mayo Clinic Staff). This elaborates on how your body uses water to keep your body healthy. But you have to keep your body replenished with water in order to stay healthy and hydrated, to do so you must do the obvious and drink plenty of water. Then comes the choice of where you get your water from and the safest would be bottled water.
The first thing people do when there is news of a natural disaster heading their way, specifically hurricanes, they stock up on the essential that are needed for survival. Among these essentials is bottled water, hurricanes cause many to go without power and without power means without water. These power outages can last for days even weeks, so the only solution to this is bottled water. Even after these disasters how are people to know when the water is truly safe, take in consideration that these disaster can cause a significant amount of damage to land and anything on the land, many of these things take weeks even months to fix. Another factor of portability that water bottles bring is the possibility of sending it to third world countries that do not have access to clean water. In majority of third world countries people are not able to just put their water on a stove and boil it. Most of the time people in these countries have to travel long distances just to have any access to a water source of some sort. It is stated in "Improving Health in Africa...begins with access to safe Water" that "In developing countries, about 80% of illnesses are linked to poor water and sanitation conditions. 1 out of every 5 deaths under the age of 5 worldwide is due to a water-related disease. Clean and safe water is essential
Stores can remove all the bottled water from their shelves so that customers cannot purchase it. In " FDA Regulates the Safety of Bottled Water Beverages Including Flavored Water and Nutrient-Added Water Beverages", it is stated that "FDA monitors and inspects bottled water products and processing plants under its food safety program. When FDA inspects plants, the Agency verifies that the plant's product water and operational water supply are obtained from an approved source; inspects washing and sanitizing procedures; inspects bottling operations; and determines whether the companies analyze their source water and product water for contaminants." (U.S. Food and Drug Administration.). This exert goes to show that there are many aspects of the bottle water industry that are closely inspected. This insures that bottled water comes from a safe reliable source and that the places that are responsible for packaging the water is clean. This also relates back to third world countries, if you compare water from there and water that is bottled, bottled water is significantly safer. The safety of bottled water and the portability combined could take the 80% of loss of life and possibly decrease