aquariumBottled VS.Tap Water

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Script 1

Bottled

VS

．

Tap

Water

Beth Ruyak

：

Sales of bottled water are skyrocketing

．

Last year alone

they increased by 30 percent

．

but as Jennifer Harrison found out in

our FYI

．

If your water’S good

．

the tap may be where it’S at

．

Harrison

：

Dinner time at the Sternberg Home--Executive Chef of the

Evening

—

Josh who has his own way of doing things right down to the

water he uses

．

Sternberg

：

We

cook

with

it

，

if

we

think

that

the

taste

can

be

translated into the food

．

Harrison

：

Josh

cooks

，

drinks

and

even

gives

his

animals

bottled

water

．

Harrison

：

Why do you not drink the tap water

，

here in your home?

Sternberg

：

I don’t drink Davis tap water predominantly because of the

taste of it and the heavy mineral content

．

Harrison

：

Josh

isn’t

alone

．

Millions

of

people

now

grab

a

bottle

instead of tuming on the tap

．

Burns

：

We are spending a ton of money on bottled water and it isn’t

necessarily the healthiest or safest

．

Tap water is just as safe for the

most part

．

Harrison

：

Maybe safer

，

you see bottl

ed water is considered a food

and

is

regulated

by

the

FDA

for

a

minimal

acceptable

level

of

quality

．

And if the water is packaged and sold within the same state

，

the FDA exempts it from regulation

．

As for tap water

，

it’S regulat

ed by

the Environmental Protection Agency

．

Burns

：

The

Environmental

Protection

Agency

sets

l

evels

for

80

different contaminants for tap water

，

and SO the tap water must be

below those levels

．

Harrison

：

And

there

are

further

steps

you

can

take

for

safe

tap

water

．

Burns

：

If you’re nervous about what might be in your water using a

water filter through your tap is a good idea

．

There are a number of

different

filters

．

They

vary

in

cost

and

maintenance

，

and

the

contaminants they exclude

．

Harrison

：

Josh and his family have used filters in the past although

Josh doesn’t

have major health concerns

，

he d

oes have a point

．

Sternberg

：

My

only

concem

woul

d

be

based

on

the

fact

that

whenever I use tap water

，

there is a gross amount of mineralization

，

and

in

fact

once

a

year

I

have

to

go

through

my

faucets

and

use

hydrochloride to get rid of that mineralization

．

To me that says I don’t

want to drink it

．

Harrison

：

Tap water may have extra minerals

，

but bottled water may

not

have

enough

of

certain

elements

．

While

most

tap

waters

are

fluoridated

，

90

percent

of

bottled

waters

have

less

than

the

recommended level for Fluoride.

Burns

：

If one is drinking a lot of bottled water

，

one may be missing

out on some of the fluoride which helps strengthen the tooth enamel

and lessens the possibility of tooth decay

．

Harrison

：

Okay

，

wh at water you choose really is a matter of taste

，

and we

’

re going to give Josh a taste test

．

Josh

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I

’

m going to have you

taste these

．

Tell me

，

which one is bottl

ed and which is tap?

St ernberg

：

Okay

，

let

’

S see if I can do it

．

Clearly

，

Davis tap water

．

Harrison

：

Disgusting?

Sternberg

：

Pretty darn close

．

Harrison

：

Taste is actually the number one reason people turn off the

tap and buy a bottle

．

Bottled water is disinfected with ozone

，

which

leaves no odor

，

or aftertaste while municipal tap water disinfects with

chlorine

，

which call taste

．

Sternberg

：

Like

your

taking

a

slight

bite

out

of

limestone

heavy

calcium

，

heavy carbonate

，

heavy minerals in general

．

Harrison

：

To improve the taste of your tap water

，

try this

．

Put water

in a ceramic or glass pitcher and put a loose 1id on the pitcher

．

Then

put it in the refrigerator overnight

．

Now what this does is it allows

chlorine

，

which

is

the

most

common

cause

of

bad

tasting

or

bad

smelling water

，

to dissipate

．

Harrison

：

Water bottled companies have the same idea because guess

what

．

Burns

：

About

75

percent

of

bottled

waters

are

spring

waters

．

The other 25 tend to come from the tap

．

Harrison

：

You

may

be

buying

a

pretty

penny

for

tap

water

and

speaking of mortey

，

over a five

—

year period

，

if you buy your water in

a bottle

，

it comes with quite a cost

．

Burns

：

They might spend about a thousand dollars versus tap water

，

which woul

d be about a$$1

．

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．< /p>

Harrison

：

The bottom line

：

Expegs say tap water is just as safe

—

if

not

safer

and

healthier

than

bottled

water

．

But

what

you

choose is

literally a matter of taste!

Beth Ruyak

：

Some experts say most people likely are walking around

in a state of mil

d dehydration

，

SO whether you choose the bottle or the

tap

，

make sure you drink up!

Video Script 2 Energy Boost or Splat?

Beth Ruyak

：

Energy drinks or snack bars with an energy

“

boost

’

’

seem to be a magic potion for our health fight now

．

But do they really

give US a power surge or just a power splat?Jennifer Harrison checks

it out in our FYI

．

Harrison

：

Store shelves

are lined

with

energy

bars and

．< /p>

．

．

energy

drinks

．

But do these products really pack a true energy punch?

Petersen

：

There

S definitely a science behind this

．

The only thing is

that science only applies to probably a small segment of the users of