H2O

Pure Water, chemically H2O, is more synonymous with Hard2Obtain these days.

$7.99 read the label on the 8oz (250ml) bottle of "Spring Water", eight dollars?! Rs.360 ?! Stunned as I was, after a quick calculation of frugality versus thirst versus health, I opened the bottled and gulped it down in seconds. It was only then that I gave the situation a little more thought as I sat down in the hotel room overlooking the Hudson, on one of our overnight trips to New York City last year. Of course, the price we paid was partly owing to inadequate planning on our part, but hey, who knew that we would have to spend four times the cost of a crate of a dozen bottles on just one.

School taught us that water is one of most easily available, naturally-occurring commodities on our planet. Seventy-one percent of the Earth's surface is covered by water and it is sometimes also called "the water planet". So, how and when did we become slaves to these water purification and bottling systems?

Just a few years ago people would have scorned at the thought of paying money for drinking water. Yet today, most homes have some form of water purification system for drinking purposes. Our intrinsic concern for health forces us to make a choice, a choice which is safe and healthy, for us and for our family.

Our efforts to tactfully avoid water-borne illnesses lead us to trust labels which say "pure distilled water". Misleading labels and deceptive marketing strategies lure consumers into believing that bottled water is safer than tap water... which is true in most cases. However, there have been cases where bottled water has been unfit for drinking and has lead to an outbreak.

Nevertheless, water is the way to go, essential for human existence. Drinking water has numerous benefits, from digestion and metabolism to body cooling and even weight loss. After all, it is recommended that we drink eight to ten glasses of water a day for optimal health.

Wait a minute... if water is so polluted today... what about air ???

If we take a sneak peak into the future...
Do you think we will be installing oxygen filters into our homes?
Carrying air purifiers and oxygen masks in our backpacks?
Or buying O2 tanks when we go on our vacations?