Unit3.1-Lesson 1: What Type of Water Do You Prefer?

I can compare the tastes of bottled water and tap water to identify my preference.

• Bottled water

• Tap water

Bottled water is drinking water packaged in plastic or glass water bottles.

Tap water is water supplied to a tap. Its uses include drinking, washing, cooking, and the flushing of toilets.

More students prefer to drink _______ than ___________.

Fewer students prefer to drink ________ than ___________.

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"If children go from sugary beverages to bottled water, you get a benefit to health, but not so much the environment," said Kelly Brownell, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University.

Bottled water is a drain on the environment: The U.S. public goes through about 50 billion water bottles a year, and most of those plastic containers are not recycled.

But switching to tap water could be a bad idea in some schools where the risk of lead contamination from old pipes is high, particularly in large urban areas such as Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.

In 2007, Baltimore City public schools switched to bottled water after a study of 84 selected water fountains found 10 with lead levels higher than normal. The school district decided it would be cheaper to provide bottled water than testing and remediation efforts.

"There's more demand for bottled water now in schools, and the beverage industry says they have public health in mind," Kelly Brownell said. "But we're hoping to do a big campaign to encourage consumption of tap water instead."