Worst tier · Bottled water
Crystal Geyser Alpine Spring Water
CR identified Crystal Geyser among brands at or above its 3 ppb arsenic caution level; public batch/source detail is weaker than the top picks.
AvoidLower-confidence caution: not a blanket “unsafe” claim, but weaker than cleaner, current-report brands for daily use.
Why it ranks
Consumer Reports identified Crystal Geyser Alpine Spring Water among bottled waters with arsenic at or above 3 ppb in its 2019 investigation. That is a softer and older public signal than the Starkey or Peñafiel cases, so I keep the wording cautious rather than definitive. The brand says its waters come from seven protected spring sources and are monitored daily, but I did not find a current public batch-specific report that clears the brand as cleanly as the best-list bottles.
Highlights
- Widely available spring-water brand
- Brand states it bottles at protected spring sources and monitors production daily
Caveats
- CR previously identified Crystal Geyser among brands at or above 3 ppb arsenic
- Public case is less exact/batch-specific than Starkey or Peñafiel
- Daily users should prefer brands that publish current, product-specific reports
Testing method
Consumer Reports arsenic investigation plus brand source-transparency review