Here's what's in your bottled water (Marketplace)

Ever wonder what's lurking in your bottled water? Marketplace asked a lab to test five of the top-selling brands of bottled water in Canada, and microplastics were found in all of them.

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[charliewebb]

It’s not limited to just water, sorry folks but it’s literally in every single thing you buy whether you eat it or not.

[LuxMeow]

If you stop buying, they will stop trying to sell it. It's always up to the people.

[danthemtlman]

You should also test tap water as well in those major cities.

[tomf]

In the 80’s, bottled water was something new. I visited a soft drink bottling plant in PA that was converting to bottling water. They said it was going to be a big thing. I was skeptical. They told me that all the cost was in the packaging (the bottle), marketing, and shipping/handling. The product inside came from regular water from the tap. The tap water came from wells and could legally be called spring water. It was essentially free. So the profit margins were very high.

[jameshobbs]

There is one test missing! Tap water! I would love to know what's in the water I drink, cook and bath with! Probably a more important question right?

[Tomkend]

Testing just for plastic? What about heavy metals, toxic chemicals, hormones, microbes or parasites?

[bigredracer]

The bottling companies should be funding the clean up effort

[bossmama]

I honestly was expecting more from this video. I was hoping for some chemical testing; bottled water vs tap. I feel like this video is talking more about what we are doing to the environment then our own bodies.

[lizmurish]

My home in Kenya where i live we save rain water for drinking but before drinking we boil its very refreshing esp when you are thirsty 👌🏽

[ancientsoul]

Have you ever wondered: "How did brainwashing get started?"

Marketing.

[ronj]

Thank you Market Place for telling the truth. ~ from U.S.A.

[gokthetaxman]

bottled water companies don't make water, they make bottles

[jeffhickey]

I remember drinking water out of the water hose and I grew up fine.This was in the 60s.

[afarro]

Cashier: do you want a plastic bag?
Me: no, it’s already inside the fish I bought.

[Jack-erwi]

As someone who has always drank tap or fridge-filtered water only, I’m always shocked by how plasticy bottled water tastes. I guess the bottled water regulars don’t even notice it, but I sure do!

[BijoubyBecca]

I miss when 20/20 in the USA was like this. I’m not even Canadian and I enjoy this series so much

[scientia]

_A quote to remember_
"Marketing serves to rationalize behaviours" - 8:27

[jimmyday]

"EVIAN" is simply "naive" spelled backwards.

[madelynexum]

People don’t understand that there is plastic in everything we consume

[Mark-AnthonyJ]

I'm surprised anyone would think Coca Cola, Nestle and other products like them would produce pure water hahahah.