Marketing has positioned bottled water as purer and healthier, but the scientific evidence tells a different story ...

There’s sewage in our waterways, microplastics in bottled water, fluoride, oestrogen and even cocaine in what comes out of our taps. So what is the best water to drink? The emerging science around ...

Marketing portrays bottled water as purer and healthier, but scientific studies indicate it can contain contaminants like ...

“The FDA hardly has any regulations at all for bottled water.” The health halo surrounding bottled water is starting to burst ...

A widespread reliance on bottled water is posing significant threats to both human health and the environment, with an estimated 1 million bottles bought every minute worldwide. This alarming figure ...

Over the past few months, clean water has come under the microscope thanks to a slew of research analyzing what’s in the stuff we drink. The latest is a study that has detected a previously ...

A new study published in BMJ Global Health suggests that drinking tap water might be "healthier" than bottled water. The authors note that "misunderstandings about the safety and potential risks of ...

Growing mistrust of tap water has helped turn bottled water into a global staple, even in countries where public supplies are ...

Bottled water, however, is treated as a packaged food product and tested less frequently, with manufacturers not obligated to ...

Cancer-causing chemicals have been detected in bottled, tap, and treated tap water in California's San Francisco Bay Area. The research published in the journal PLOS Water found that all three sources ...

The health halo surrounding bottled water is starting to burst. Bottled water first became popular in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s, with many brands aligning themselves with health and ...

Korin Miller has spent nearly two decades covering food, health, and nutrition for digital, print, and TV platforms. Her work has appeared in Women's Health, SELF, Prevention, The Washington Post, and ...