Say goodbye to bulky water jugs hogging fridge space. The Brita filter delivers cold, filtered water instantly–straight from ...

The bottled water industry is worth more than $170 billion, and North Americans are some of its most avid consumers, so much so that in the U.S., bottled water has surpassed milk and beer in terms ...

But unlike tap or commercially bottled water, raw water is not evaluated for safety. This leaves the people who drink it vulnerable to infectious microbes or potentially other toxic contaminants.

Bottled water often undergoes some kind of filtering before being sold, so it can be a good idea if you know your tap water is contaminated, at least until you have addressed the problem through ...

The biggest reason for tap water being safer than bottled water is regulations imposed by the government, says Gerald Kauffman Jr., PhD, director and associate professor at the University of ...