Top bottled water brands contaminated with plastic particles: report

I drink only bottled water from glass bottles. Actually I buy nothing that is packed in plastic containers. It is not easy these days, but still possible. 

I also try , as much as possible, to avoid plastic bags, its even harder to refuse them in the supermarkets than to accept them. I stop the people at the casse whenever I can to use useless additional plastic or other packaging.  I also try not to buy individual packed cookies... etc.... It is a bit of an effort, it means really nothing in the bigger scheme of things, but, at least, I try

When I sister visited me in Kumamoto a few years ago and asked for bottled water, I rolled my eyes (we have fantastic ground water here!) and went to Lawson, where the clerk tried to talk me out of buying it!

It is a scam. If you live in a location with good water, carry around an empty bottle and fill it up at drinking fountains.

"I also try , as much as possible, to avoid plastic bags,"

This right here is number 1. Buy a pack of gum or single beer at the combini. 9 out of 10 times they try to put it in a bag. One of the first things I learned how to say in Japan was "sono mama onegaishimasu".

You don't have to go as far as buying your water from a glass bottle. One a good workout day I drink 5 liters of water. You have any idea how many glass bottles that would be. Buy something like a "Platypus Hydration pack." It's made of much better plastic than the junk they use in plastic bottle. "BPA-free, BPS-free, and phthalate-free." If you are super worried about tap water, just put it through a filter first.

Surprise. Package things in plastic and plastic gets into those things. Food, water, non-food things plus plastic. Yummy.

Why do people buy bottled water? I understand if you are out and thirsty and don't have access to a tap, but you see people buying cases of it at supermatrkets, or even have those massive office type dispensers at home. A waste of money and yet more plastic to choke the seas.

Awesome news, unless you're a water snob that is!

"I'll have an Evian (always ask for your fav water, nothing less) and a skinny flat white - extra hot. Ta'. Massive turn-off

I used to believe crystal geyser was a good choice because they claim it’s bottled at the source, but all the transportation and time it sits around on pallets, sometimes in the sun.

I recently found out my tap water is actually better than some of the fancy bottled ones, I simply invested in a stainless steel bottle.

And no reason to think it's different with any other beverages...

I will make my own tea from now own.

Not surprising at all. Our bodies must look like those plastic islands floating around in the Pacific.

I avoid tap water for the chlorine. It makes me gag sometimes. The US is much much worse than Japan. I've been using a water filter ($700. No purchase of replacement filters needed, just reverse the water flow for cleaning) in Japan for 10 years now and fill up a 1.5 liter water bottle before I leave for the day. It rarely leaves my side. When visiting my folks in the States, I fill up 4, 5 gallon jugs of purified water at the health food store. I just shake my head when I see people at COSTCO in Japan walking out with cases and cases of small plastic water bottles.