A German-led research has, in fact, showed that a bottle of water contains around 25,000 different chemicals.
To be clear, the bottles being discussed here are not the reusable plastic water bottles but the PET bottles that most of the people dispose of after drinking the water.
Statistically a majority of the people who drink bottled water, which is around 31 gallons per person, in the United States only do it out of ease and not out of need.
There are many chemicals in bottled water that are usually linked to different health conditions such as hormonal disruptions, endocrine problems, and an increased risk of development of various cancerous tumors.
There is recent evidence that suggests that PET can leach antimony trioxide.
A bottle of water can contain around 10-90 percent antimony after a period of six months in normal temperature.
The latest study conducted by German researchers found that 25,000 different chemicals are present in the bottled water while testing for the effects of the water on androgen and estrogen receptors in the bodies of people who drank it.
In addition, the researchers also looked at the effects of drinking tap water for comparison and found that tap water at least did not trigger any such hormonal activities in the body.
Only thirty percent of these are actually recycled while the rest of them end up in the oceans.
They are convenient and can provide much safer water while also being environmental friendly.