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如果被问到，饮用瓶装水和自来水，哪个更安全？你一定会回答:瓶装水。但其实事实又是怎么样的呢？瓶装水一定比自来水干净吗？我们来听听下面这段新闻，再好好想想你的答案。




If the best things in life are free, why do Americans spend billions of dollars on bottled water?
“Do you feel like bottled water is healthier than tap water?”
“I don’t really drink tap water, ever.”
“Do you drink tap water?”
“Are you kidding me?”
Many consumers believe bottled water is better, and yet when the environmental working group tested 10 bottled water brands, it found they contained the same contaminants in trace amounts the tap water does. In fact the industry acknowledges that as much as 45% of bottled water comes from municipal water supplies. Some is filtered further after that, some not.
Bottled water manufacturers are not required to disclose where their water comes from, how it’s treated or whether it’s treated at all. And only about 1/3 of bottlers give this information to consumers voluntarily.
“It doesn’t say anything about sources. I mean, just…so you don’t know where this water really came from.”
At a hearing today on Capital Hill, representatives explored options like requiring manufacturers to list test results for contaminants on their websites, just like tap water suppliers do.
“Why single out water?”
“it makes up more than half of our body, we are drinking 8 servings a day, no other food are we consuming so much of a single product. It deserves a special place, special attention.”

词汇讲解
Contaminant: a substance that makes sth IMPURE污染物,致污物

Municipal: 市的;市政的;市立的,市办的
He is in charge of the municipal housing project.
他主管该市建房计划。

Filter: 过滤
The water was filtered through charcoal.
这水是通过炭来过滤的。

Disclose: 揭发;透露;公开
This letter disclosed his secret.
这封信揭露了他的秘密。
She refused to disclose her name and address.
她不肯透露自己的姓名和地址。

Explore: 探究,探讨
The conference explored the possibility of closer trade links.
大会探讨了在贸易上进一步加强联系的可能性.