Bottled Water Is About to Become More Popular Than Soda

It's back to basics in the beverage world, as more people's drink of choice is now just plain old water.

Bottled water will become more popular than soda for the first time in the U.S. this year, Bloomberg reported. Soda sales have been in a decades-long decline, while interest in water has increased due to its convenience and fears over potentially contaminated tap water.

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