8 Cancer Causing Drinks You Need to Avoid

2. Bottled Water

Advertisers of bottled water may want to make you think their water comes from a scenic mountain stream, but the truth is that it’s probably coming from a local municipal source. Nevertheless, it isn’t the water itself that we’re concerned with, but the bottle it comes in.

Setting aside the fact that single-use plastic bottles are a major hindrance to the environment, they are also chemical-laden and contaminate everything they touch. Most notably, most plastic bottles contain bisphenol-A or BPA, a known hormone disruptor that increases the risk of metabolic disorders as well as breast and prostate cancers.