BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA — The bottled water Australians buy is basically just filtered tap water, a consumer group said in an article published by The Washington Times.
According to the paper, the Australian Consumers Association claimed people had been falsely led to believe that bottled water was safer and healthier than tap water, the Brisbane Courier Mail reported April 6.
An analysis of a range of popular bottled water products, compared with water straight from the tap, revealed tap water was often just as high or even better in mineral content, apart from the fact it contained fluoride for protection of teeth, the paper reported.
Stories such as these have spread through global media outlets in recent weeks, beginning with the news that the Dasani bottled water brand was "just treated tap water" in England, according to Reuters. To read the WaterTechOnline archived story, click here.
To read the full Washington Times story, click here.
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