1 percentage points from the same quarter last year, which is a result of the lower sales of higher margin Biochemicals, increases in raw material costs in excess of recently introduced price increases, and lower margins on the aziridine products.
10. Bottled water has a better safety record than tap water. If you doubt this, Google âpublic water contaminationâ and âbottled water recalls,â and compare the hits. Public water problems outscore BW problems by orders of magnitude, and have caused more than a few fatalities. This is not an abstract issue for me.
Environmental Benefits. Bottled Water is the fastest growing segment of the entire beverage industry and it also happens to be one of the biggest polluting ones. The realization that bottled water is seldom of higher quality than tap water has brought the environmental aspect of the industry to new heights.