M5.5 Campaign for Tap Water

This was a very interesting video. It touched upon points that I had thought of before such as the unnecessary spending on bottled water. I do not usually drink bottled water. Instead, I filter my water and have bottles to carry it with me if I need to take it anywhere. An interesting topic that the video brought up was the concept of manufactured demand. By using scare tactics on the public, these companies are convincing everyone to buy their products. I think this is definitely used by a lot (if not most or all) companies in order to increase their sales. An example that comes to mind is the beauty industry. Either way, it brings about a ton of unnecessary spending that could be redirected to improving water quality in places where they need it most, and in turn reducing the waste produced by the large amount of plastic bottles thrown away each year.


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  1. Sandy TanSeptember 26, 2018 at 5:12 PM

    Hi Hugo,
    I did not know there was manufactured demand of water until I watched the video. I have never seen the scare tactic ones, but I've seen some commercials about how great a certain brands water is because it came from some spring. However, I seen the scare tactics from beauty industries such as the fear of wrinkles.

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  2. USF MPH ClassSeptember 27, 2018 at 11:32 AM

    Hi, do you feel you still need your filter at home? After seeing everything the water cleaning plant does the usually charcoal based filter is not needed anymore. In fact, purchasing them now means we are feeding the coal industry? Dan

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