It may seem shocking, but according to some information, by 2030, 2/3 of the world's population will no longer have access to drinking water. Will drinking water become the most precious and scarce commodity in a few years? More expensive than gas, oil or gold?

This good, essential to life, imprisoned and bottled, constitutes a new form of privatization, lobbying, domination and probably the next financial empire.

In some parts of the world, climate change and droughts have reduced the supply and access to drinking water for some local populations while some multinationals like Pepsi continue to bottle at a rate of 1,515,100 liters per day.

Wouldn't it be normal for the water supply to be reserved for local communities?

Many people drink bottled water under the pretext that it is healthier than tap water. Unfortunately, a lot of bottled water is simply tap water that has been treated and bottled, with the major difference that its price per liter is much higher, sometimes up to 2000 times higher.

Be aware that tap water must meet much stricter purity standards than bottled water. For example, an independent study found 38 contaminants, and an average of 8 chemicals, in each of the 10 brands of water examined. Contaminants include caffeine, tylenol, disinfection by-products (DBPs), nitrates, arsenic and various bacteria.

Moreover, since plastic is not an inert substance like glass, it diffuses chemicals such as Bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates, which even in minute quantities can cause hormonal imbalances. It is now known that these chemicals are more harmful the more the bottle has been exposed to heat and the more the water has been recycled. Scientists have found that these chemicals can damage brain function (hyperactivity, aggressiveness ...), promote obesity, weaken the immune system and allow the development of cancer cells, disrupt the development of sexual organs during puberty, their function and size in adulthood, as well as reproductive cycles and sperm production.

In conclusion, you are paying to buy something much worse than the water that comes out of your tap, which is all the more revolting since we know the harmful impact of these chemicals on health and that of plastic bottles on the environment and the planet. The global bottled water industry contributes to an extremely high level of environmental pollution, requiring millions of barrels of oil to manufacture the bottles and generating approximately 1.5 million tons of plastic waste annually, which in turn releases toxic compounds such as nickel, ethylbenzene, ethylene oxide and benzene into nature and especially into the oceans.

Does it seem normal to you that a natural and ubiquitous element such as water is controlled by commercial companies and becomes a profit-making commodity when drinking and hydration seem to be a very basic human right?

When will we be allowed to breathe and have a monopoly on selling air?