This ABC News piece on bottled water exposes the two most common myths of bottled water:  1) that bottled water tastes better than tap water, and 2) the bottled water is safer/cleaner than tap water.  A scientist tests various bottled water and tap water and finds that bottled water is no cleaner than tap water.  In addition, a blind taste test between NYC tap water and various brands of bottled water concluded that the tap water was actually preferred over the expensive bottled offerings!

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Take Back The Tap, a group who encourages restaurants and college campuses to kick the bottled water habit, recently sponsored a YouTube video contest.  The focus of the video was “I ♥ Tap Water” and the contest was open to college students across the U.S.  Two months, and 140+ submissions later, they have a winner.  And the winner is…

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This week’s video is courtesy of WorldStainless.org, a non-profit research organization which serves as the world forum on various aspects of the stainless steel industry.  While a bit cheezy, the video does a great job of explaining one of stainless steel’s greatest characteristics, the ability to self-repair.  Known within the industry as self-passivation, this is stainless steel’s ability to build, and re-build, a protective layer even after the surface is scratched or damaged. (more…)

This week we take a lighter look at bottled water, courtesy of Penn & Teller.  Be forewarned, this video contains some adult language and consequently has a NSFW (not safe for work) rating.

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It’s Tuesday again, and you know what that means.  Time for our weekly YouTube Tuesday blog posting.

This week we discovered a segment on Bisphenol-A (BPA) from the CBS Early Show.  Despite a growing amount of evidence indicating the harmful effects of BPA, the FDA has yet to ban it.

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Welcome to YouTube Tuesday - our new weekly video posting.  Each Tuesday we’ll be posting a YouTube video on topics related to stainless steel bottles.

Today’s video, titled simply “kick the bottle”, takes a unique look at why (plastic) bottled water has become as popular as it has.  Thrown into the mix are a few interesting facts about plastic bottles as well.

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