Evil Water

If you're like me, you don't drink your water straight from the tap. I personally use a Brita filter for my water purification, but I also enjoy bottled water from time to time. Except for Dasani water. Why is that, you may ask? Let me tell you... First of all, Dasani water is made by the Coca-Cola company. If you haven't figured out yet that Coca-Cola is the embodiment of evil corporate America, maybe this will illustrate my point: In the 1990s, Coke teamed up with Olive Garden restaurants for a campaign called "Just Say No to H20"; they offered rewards to waiters who could convince the most number of people to buy a beverage other than water with their meal, and they counted it a success when numbers of water-drinkers at Olive Garden declined. And then, Coca-Cola decided that it would really be more advantageous to make a profit from increasing numbers of water drinkers, so they introduced our beloved Dasani water in 1999. Let's get the basics straight first... Dasani's ingredients include magnesium sulfate, potassium chloride, and salt. If that's not alarming enough, then you should know that most brands of bottled water get their water from natural springs (i.e. Poland Spring), but not Dasani. Oh no, Dasani water is simply tap water that had been "purified". Now this is my favorite part: over 500,000 bottles of Dasani water in the UK have been recalled, because they were found to contain illegally high amount of bromate, a cancer-causing chemical. According to Wikipedia.com, "bromate was not present in the tap water before Coca-Cola's 'purification' produced it from the tap water's harmless bromide." So pretty much what I am trying to tell you is that Dasani is stealing from you by marking up tap water prices about 300,000% (no exaggeration), and they are aiming to kill you while they're at it. Really, folks, just go buy a filter and do it yourself. It's cheaper, it's healthier, and it makes the world a better place. Thankyou for your time and concern.

Yours for a better tomorrow,
Jill