Why You Don’t Trust Tap Water

Johnny Harris August 1, 2025
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Why we spend $350 billion on bottled water Use code johnnyharris at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/johnnyharris Join #TeamWater so we can raise $40M to bring clean water to 2 million people around the world. https://teamwater.org/ Donate to support my #TeamWater campaign here: https://tiltify.com/@johnny-harris/teamwater Check out all my sources for this video here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11IZZALWjS6SdwwuL4Q3zK5ScJ8a2bFDu9-votgtDfrA/edit?usp=drive_link Know what’s in your tap with EWG's database: https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/ Special thanks to: - Charles Fishman, author of _The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water_ - Dr. Christy Spackman - Dr. Elena Berg - Sydney Evans MORE CHANNELS: Check out my new channel with Christophe Haubursin - Tunnel Vision https://www.youtube.com/@christophe Check out my channel with Sam Ellis - Search Party https://youtube.com/@SearchParty All the music for this video was created by our in-house composer Tom Fox and is available to license or just to listen to on our music channel Chromatic. Here's the soundtrack to this video: https://youtu.be/EAMfoUi0fZw Get access to behind-the-scenes vlogs, my scripts, and extended interviews over at https://www.patreon.com/johnnyharris Do you have an insider tip or unique information on a story? Do you have a suggestion for a story you want us to cover? Submit to the Tip Line: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpNs1ykIwd7KNkwntN897X_SX9hJ8WiTH_erlLU_bQp2GGLg/viewform?usp=sharing Get our World Map t-shirts now! White "World Map" shirt: https://store.dftba.com/products/world-map-t-shirt-white?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=product_shelf Tie Dye "World Map" shirt: https://store.dftba.com/products/world-map-t-shirt-tie-dye?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=product_shelf I made a poster about maps - check it out: https://store.dftba.com/products/all-maps-are-wrong-poster Custom Presets & LUTs [what we use]: https://store.dftba.com/products/johnny-iz-luts-and-presets -- VIDEO CHAPTERS -- 0:00 Intro 3:02 Rise of the Bottle 12:40 Scandals, Tricks, and Lies 18:11 Health Claims 22:37 Conclusion AI Disclosure: Occasionally, we use AI to create some of the imagery in our videos, which our (very talented) animators then spend weeks developing into what you see in the final video. When AI is used to generate any imagery that may appear onscreen, we'll add this to the video description. We're learning as we go about AI usage and transparency, and appreciate your thoughts. About: Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways. - press - NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/democrats-blue-states-legislation.html NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007358968/covid-pandemic-us-response.html Vox Borders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLrFyjGZ9NU NPR Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1072164745 - where to find me - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnny.harris/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@johnny.harris Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnnyHarrisVox

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