Bottled Water vs. Tap Water

When I went online today, an article titled Is bottled water really better than tap? caught my attention. In the article the author states that bottled water "isn't necessarily healthier or safer than tap water". The author said that a test was done on 1,000 bottles of 103 different brands of bottled water, and that in the water they found man made chemicals, bacteria, and arsenic in 22 percent of the bottles. The author of the article also says that “twenty five percent of all bottled water is repackaged tap water”. It is true that there is also the same chance for these chemicals to show up in your tap water coming from your faucet; however, when you buy bottled water you don’t expect this. The author of the article says that “an estimated 60 to 70 percent of all bottled water in the U.S. is packaged and sold in the same state, which exempts it from FDA regulation” and that “1 in 5 states do not regulate that bottled water”. The author makes some interesting points in the article, but I still think that bottled water is still probably safer than tap water. I also think that bottled water is convenient, which is why so many people drink bottled water every day.