Water quality is an important topic, since we all drink quantities of water over our lifetimes. Even if we drink only minimally, we still want top water quality.
So what about the water quality of glaciers do we want it? Is the water quality of glaciers really pristine, as we are led to believe?
Glaciers Store About 75% of the World’s Freshwater
Freshwater contains very minimal amounts of dissolved salts, especially sodium chloride. It is found only in lakes, streams, and rivers never in oceans or seas. Glaciers have, therefore, potentially good water quality. Is that water quality pristine, though?
Glacier Bottled Water
Several water bottlers have chosen a glacier as a symbol of purity. Some use the words glacier and virgin in labeling or advertising. But water quality does not always match the symbol. According to government and industry estimates, 25 to 40 percent of all bottled water is actually bottled tap water despite pictures of glaciers!
Before recent FDA intervention, the label on one brand of bottled water read: “Alaska Premium Glacier Drinking Water: Pure Glacier Water From the Last Unpolluted Frontier,...