Ward, Lorna A, Owen L Cain, Ryan A Mullally, Kathyrn S Holliday, Aaron GH Wernham, Paul D Baillie, and Shiela M Greenfield. “Health Beliefs about Bottled Water: A Qualitative Study,” BMC Public Health 9, (2009): 196-204. http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.mnsu.edu. (Accessed February 8th, 2011).
This article gives an overview of a qualitative study conducted by Lorna Ward et al, that consisted of interviewing citizens of the UK about their water usage, and their beliefs about the safety of tap water versus bottled water. This information would be much more compelling if this study had been conducted in the US, where my research will focus; however, in the literature review there is mention of an extensive study performed in the US by the American Waterworks Association (which, to be noted, is a private company) that surveyed 2268 American residents, finding that bottled water drinkers were satisfied with tap water and considered bottled water more of a “luxury item”. I will most likely be using this information, although, unfortunately, I do not intend to use the wealth of information about the bottled water study, as it was performed outside the United States. Given that I have found this article, this may change depending on how the scope of my research pans out in focusing only on the United States.
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