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She described their research as a “snapshot” of the bottled-water market as it is today.

Leiba said EWG was not targeting any specific company and only the names of the Walmart and Giant Supermarket bottled water brands are being released because those are the only two that large samples were taken from.

“We were surprised that the bottled waters looked so close to tap water, especially at the cost people are paying for them.”

“We feel very strongly in the test results that we got,” she said.

But Nneka Leiba, one of EWG’s researchers with a master's degree in public health from John Hopkins University, said the group stands behind their tests.

“Both our suppliers’ tests and the tests from an additional external laboratory are not showing any reportable amounts of chlorine or chlorine by-products. We’re disappointed that the EWG has not shared more details with us as we continue to investigate this matter.”

In the statement, Walmart said it stands behind its bottled water and is “puzzled” by the EWG’s findings.

“The statement is all we can provide,” she said.

Walmart spokesperson Anna Taylor said the company was not commenting on the issue beyond a prepared statement because of legal issues.

“Las Vegas tap water was the source for these bottles, according to Walmart representatives,“ it continued.

“These byproducts are linked to cancer and reproductive problems and form when disinfectants react with residual pollution in the water,“ said the report.

The report singled out Walmart in several instances and alleged that Sam's Choice bottled water purchased at several locations in the San Francisco Bay area exceeded California's legal limit for trihalomethanes (disinfection byproducts).

“In other words, this bottled water was chemically indistinguishable from tap water,“ said the report.

Those two brands bore the “chemical signature“ of municipally treated water: chlorine disinfection byproducts and, in Giant water, fluoride.

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) found a “surprising array of chemical contaminants” in the ten brands of bottled water it analyzed including Walmart, Sam’s Choice and Giant Supermarket’s Acadia brands.

A Washington, DC-based environmental group has found several brands of bottled water sold across the U.S. are no better than tap water. Some are even worse.

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