Imagine you've just returned from a run and are drinking a cold bottle of water. A couple of days later, you find out you have ecoli! How did this happen? You drank bottled water. Bottled water is bad for you and the environment. Bottled water causes serious environmental problems. It's also not always better than tap water. Finally, the bottles themselves are a waste. Read on to find out more. Bottled water causes serious environmental problems. First of all, less than 20% of bottles are recycled. They usually end up in garbage and landfills, where they take a long time to biodegrade. They also end up in waterways, where they are broken down and ingested by birds and marine life. Additionally, transporting bottled water to markets produces air pollution and carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming. In 2006, 2,500 tons of global warming were emitted from the shipment of 18 million liters of bottled water from Fiji to California. Finally, bottled water produces a lot of carbon dioxide. In 2006 more than 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide...