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.
Problems With Bottled Water. New York City consumers buy over a billion bottles of water a year because advertising has led them to believe itâs safer or better tasting than tap water. In fact, New York City tap water is just as safe, clean and healthy as bottled water, and often more so. Bottled water creates many environmental, economic, public health and social justice problems. Environment â¢ Plastic bottle production in the United States annually requires about 17.6 million barrels of oil.