Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about the intersection of food, law, and policy. Bottled water is America's most popular beverage category by volume. In recent ...

Have you read the ingredients list on your bottled water lately? If not, you might be surprised to see things like sodium chloride, calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, sodium bicarbonate ...

However, that doesn't mean it's entirely free of other ingredients. In this case, the remaining minerals came out in the ...

square-bottomed bottle catches our eye. We then wonder: Is this how water tastes on that tropical island? Before you know it, you're out the door with a bottle that cost you many pretty pennies.

Her work has appeared in Women's Health, SELF, Prevention, The Washington Post, and more. Bottled water first became popular in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s, with many brands aligning ...

"Bottled water is significantly more expensive than tap, but a middle-ground option might be purified tap water" ...