Medical News: Bottled Water Use High Among Minorities

Latino and African-American children were three times more likely to drink only bottled water than were non-Hispanic white kids (24% versus 8%, P<0.01), according to Marc H. Gorelick, MD, and colleagues from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.  MedPage Today

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Americans quaff nearly 10 billion gallons of bottled water each year, in large part because they assume, wrongly, that it's healthier and safer than tap water. Somewhat surprisingly, the data has suggested, underserved black and Latino families tend to spend more money than whites do on bottled water, and provide it exclusively for their kids.