Are plastic water bottles that we reuse over and over again also filled up with bacteria?
Why not fill them with water again?” she explained.
Because it’s microscopic, you can’t see them but the lab test reveals the truth.
A few weeks later, Verify collected the bottles from the lab and revealed the results to Bernie and her husband.
The test revealed 2,560 microdots of bacteria in Longo’s water bottle, well above acceptable levels.
“I was right,” Toronto Gilliam exclaimed during the big reveal.
The lab test found 4,680 microdots of bacteria, nine times the EPA’s acceptable amount.
“I’ll recycle the water bottles, no more reusing water bottles,” Bernie told her husband.
“So we ourselves are loaded with bacteria, but in most cases these are non-disease causing bacteria, non-pathegenic bacteria.” So even the nastiest water bottles from our test wouldn’t make the person sick.
So while we can Verify that reused bottles are riddled with bacteria, we can also Verify your chances of getting sick are extremely low if you’re the only one drinking from that bottle.

Bottled water health issues aren’t just about the water: There’s the impact of the plastic bottles themselves.
And we don’t like anything that’s got hormone-disrupting phthalates in it, as PET does.
The water in municipal systems is regulated, but there are ongoing rollbacks to the Clean Water Act (signed into law in 1972), and that comes at a time when our knowledge of contamination problems and their health risks is increasing.
A National Resources Defense Fund report last year found that 18 million Americans are served by water systems that are in violation of Environmental Protection Agency standards for lead and copper.
There’s no regulation of well water; it’s up to the 45 million folks in the U.S. who use well water to monitor its safety.
They may leach lead, copper and rust.
So testing your water is smart even if you believe your basic water supply is safe.
Well water should be tested at least once a year.
To find out what you should test for, go to cdc.gov and search for “well testing.” Shallow wells that use surface water should be tested seasonally.
If you find your water needs purification, install a filter.

As of Tuesday, the people of Flint, Mich., have been without clean water for 1,306 days.
U.S. District Judge David Lawson ordered representatives from the city of Flint, the City Council, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, the Genesee County Drain Commissioner, the Great Lakes Water Authority and the Karegnondi Water Authority into mediation for hours Monday according to MLive-Flint Journal.
The judge also stipulated that the Flint City Council would have until Tuesday night to vote on an amended 30-year water contract with Great Lakes Water Authority.
The new version of the 30-year agreement that the council will vote on includes a promise from Michigan Gov.
The contract also asks that the city be granted $750,000 for estimated water bill relief and that the $100 million in relief funds from the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act be immediately released from the state to Flint.
The WIIN Act funds are the federal relief funds President Barack Obama authorized when he signed the continuing resolution over a year ago.
Additionally, the state of Michigan has requested that the General Motors Engine Plant return as a user of Flint’s water supply.
On Monday, the Michigan DEQ had gone to court to ask Judge Lawson to bypass the City Council and allow Flint Mayor Karen Weaver to sign the agreement.
Attorneys for the City Council called that move unconstitutional.
Winfrey said that the council had a lengthy series of closed and open meetings to go over the contract with various city, county and state officials.

A water main that burst Monday afternoon near the Mall at Wellington Green has been repaired, but two neighborhoods remain under a boil-water order.
Two westbound lanes of Forest Hill Boulevard were closed through Tuesday morning as Wellington Public Works crews worked through the night to repair the pipe and then repave the road, said Village Manager Paul Schofield.
Two neighborhoods were affected and remain under a boil-water order: Wellington’s Edge and Polo Lakes.
Ice produced in ice machines after the issuance of a boil water notice must be discarded and machines not restarted until the water supply is deemed safe by local health authority.
Sanitize the interior of the ice machine, ice trays and built-in ice-makers with two teaspoons (100+ ppm) of household bleach in one gallon of water prior to restarting the ice machine or ice-maker.
Use only bottled water from an approved source and/or boiled (and safely cooled) tap water.
This may be accomplished by using a commercial hand sanitizing lotion that requires no rinse or a chlorine bleach solution of two teaspoons of household bleach in one gallon of water.
Food equipment and utensils and food-contact surfaces that must be cleaned in place (does not fit into a three-compartment sink), may be cleaned with steam with no additives, a sanitizing mix of bottled or boiled water and bleach (50-100 ppm) or other approved sanitizing solution.
Do not use tap water for food processing or food preparation until the BOIL WATER NOTICE is lifted by local authorities.
Manually wash, rinse and sanitize dishes, food equipment and utensils with bottled water from an approved source and/or boiled tap water utilizing a three-compartment sink in the approved manner.

Wellington provides these steps to take while the boil water notice is in effect:
Boil water at a rolling boil for one minute to kill infectious organisms.
Ice produced in ice machines after the issuance of a boil water notice must be discarded and machines not restarted until the water supply is deemed safe by local health authority.
Sanitize the interior of the ice machine, ice trays and built-in ice-makers with two teaspoons (100+ ppm) of household bleach in one gallon of water prior to restarting the ice machine or ice-maker.
Do not use tap water for handwashing.
Use only bottled water from an approved source and/or boiled (and safely cooled) tap water.
This may be accomplished by using a commercial hand sanitizing lotion that requires no rinse or a chlorine bleach solution of two teaspoons of household bleach in one gallon of water.
Food equipment and utensils and food-contact surfaces that must be cleaned in place (does not fit into a three-compartment sink), may be cleaned with steam with no additives, a sanitizing mix of bottled or boiled water and bleach (50-100 ppm) or other approved sanitizing solution.
Do not use tap water for food processing or food preparation until the BOIL WATER NOTICE is lifted by local authorities.
Manually wash, rinse and sanitize dishes, food equipment and utensils with bottled water from an approved source and/or boiled tap water utilizing a three-compartment sink in the approved manner.

Workers are being taken off a North Sea platform amid ongoing problems with diesel entering its water supply.
Staff on BP’s Magnus installation were warned of the issue earlier this month but an investigation has failed to find the source of the contamination.
The problem was first discovered when workers reported a smell of diesel when showering.
BP said 40 non-essential staff were being taken off the platform but said the level of contamination was low.
Earlier this month, workers were told to drink only bottled water while an investigation was carried out.
Narrowly failed test BP said it had flushed the tanks and was confident there was no longer any contamination.
But it has now said the supply narrowly failed a quality test last week.
The company said the investigation into the root cause of the problem was ongoing and workers of non-essential staff were being moved to lessen the impact.
About 140 people will remain on the platform, which is about 100 miles (161km) north-east of Shetland BP said the level of contamination to the water supply was far below the level that could cause health problems.

ROCKFORD, Mich. – More than 80 homes in Rockford are receiving bottled water service Saturday due to the ongoing Wolverine Water contamination issue in Northern Kent County.
Gordon Water Systems Vice President Tom Duisterhof said Wolverine Worldwide asked the business to help out this area contamination zone in Rockford, which is why they’re providing homes on Jewell Street with clean drinking water Saturday, while Wolverine and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality work to assess the area.
“It’s a challenge because peoples homes, lives are affected," said Duisterhof.
"What we’re doing to help give the confidence, not only in water they’re drinking, but we also do home water treatment and drinking water systems that are proven to take the PFC contaminate down to non-detectable levels.” Duisterhof said most homes are getting a cooler and five gallon bottles of water.
He said they’ll supply ongoing water as needed.
He said it may take a couple months, depending on how long it takes officials to assess the area.

ALGOMA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — As hundreds of homeowners await test results to find out if their wells have been contaminated with a likely carcinogen, they are using bottled water.
The neighborhood has switched to bottled water while testing is underway for PFAS, a chemical previously found in the Scotchgard that waterproofed Wolverine Worldwide shoes.
“We’ve got a proven whole-house and drinking water solution,” Gordon Vice President Tom Duisterhof said.
The waste was meant to be a fertilizer, but it was slow to rot, retired farmer Donald Hardy previously told Target 8.
In some spots, the bottled water is just a precaution because test results have put the chemical level below than the Environmental Protection Agency’s advisory limit of 70 parts per trillion.
“Quite frankly, this contaminant is not that much different than arsenic or nitrate or lead issue where you can’t stop living in a space because there’s something,” Duisterhof said.
“We can address it as it comes into the home and that’s where we can give people piece of mind.” Wolverine waste has been blamed as the source of contamination in wells near the company’s former landfill along House Street NE in Belmont.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is investigating reports of 75 sites where Wolverine waste may have been dumped; it has not confirmed all of those.
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She spends nearly $50 a month on the water, plus her bus tickets.
The Phoenix resident said she didn’t like the taste of the tap water at her home, which she said has as a “metallic taste.” Numerous studies have found that Latinos’ consumption of tap water is significantly lower than non-Latinos’ consumption in places with predominant or growing Latino populations such as Northern California, Denver, Salt Lake City and Milwaukee.
These studies indicate that many Latinos believe their water is unsafe, don’t like the taste or the odor, or repeat the cultural patterns from their home countries, where tap water isn’t safe to drink.
They relied on bottled water and water-vending machines.
Beamer’s research indicated that 73 percent of the people surveyed said they would drink the tap water if they knew it was safe — even if they didn’t like the taste.
Beamer’s team also did water-quality tests during their home visits in Nogales and found no significant difference between the tap water and the bottled or vended water Latino residents drank, except in cases where they found water stored in reusable containers that weren’t properly cleaned.
RELATED: Pinal County water provider again finds high nitrate levels; some warned not to drink tap water Not only that, Latinos are more likely to live in states with higher water-system violations reported to the Environmental Protection Agency, according to a national sample study led by Vanderbilt University’s economist William Viscusi.
Latinos also spend more money on bottled water.
Beamer said that not drinking tap water increases Latinos’ risk of developing diabetes because they tend to consume sugary drinks instead of water.
This report is part of the “Troubled Water” project produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative, a national investigative reporting project by top college journalism students and recent graduates from across the country and headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

Test results showed that the water produced at Al-Dar factory for water, juice, and plastic in Madinah exceeded the maximum limits.
RIYADH – The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has warned people against drinking Rokan and Al-Dar bottled water, sizes 200, 330, and 600 ml, produced by Al-Dar factory for water, juice, and plastic in Madinah, for exceeding the acceptable limits of bromate.
The SFDA explained on its website (www.sfda.gov.sa) that it tested samples of the bottled water on different production dates and different sizes to determine their compatibility with Gulf standards for “bottled drinking water,” which state that the maximum amount of bromate should not exceed 10 parts per billion.
Test results of Rokan and Al-Dar water samples, sizes 200, 330, and 600 ml.
showed that the water produced at Al-Dar factory for water, juice, and plastic in Madinah exceeded the maximum limits.
The SFDA recommended that consumers should avoid these products and dispose of with any quantities they may have, noting that it has taken the necessary action to ensure that the factory withdraws its products from local markets and halt production until they abide by the permitted amounts of bromate.
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