Researchers tested spring, groundwater, and purified bottled waters against local tap to see how treatment shapes the byproducts that emerge — and the differences were striking.

When it comes to water, tap gets a bad rap. Bottled water is viewed as cleaner, healthier, and better tasting. But what if that's all hype? We hate to break it to you, but it just might be. The ...

Sales of the French non-carbonated water gushed almost overnight. By the early 1990s, Perrier was struggling with a benzene gas leak at its natural spring that scared off many consumers. But bottled ...