#14 Myth: Bottled water tastes better than tap water.

One of the most common myths about the water is that  bottled water tests better than tap water. However, facts show something different. In many cases tap water test as good or better as bottled water. The article "Bottled Water Myth Versus Reality" explains that commercials of  of bottled water companies are trying  to convince us to buy their products. However, the surveys prepared by New York Times and Cleveland’s local TV news channel show that in many cases  people prefer tap water that bottled. The american society
 is very naive and easy believe to commercial messages, therefore is so easy to convince people that bottle of water is much better for you that glass of tap. As responsible members of our society we should not believe to everything that sellers tell us. The fact is that we pay a lot of money  just for the bottle or the commercials that promotes certain products.





Reality: In taste test after taste test, people can’t tell the difference. Corporate
Accountability International’s “Think Outside the Bottle” campaign has held countless
taste tests comparing bottled water to tap water, as have many media outlets, from The
New York Times to Cleveland’s local TV news channel. The results generally favor the
tap. Ultimately, however, the point isn’t whether one
tastes better than the other—its how our tastes are
shaped by advertising, rather than by what’s good
for us. Between 10 and 15 percent of the price of
a bottle of water goes to cover advertising costs.1
We not only buy their myths, it turns out we pay
extra for them.