Stop Drinking Bottled Water Now!

[kelvin070]

We here drink recycled water from the tap. It's regularly treated, regulated and probably cleaner than imported bottled water.

Bottled water is healthy water -- or so marketers would have us believe. Just look at the bottled water labels or ads: deep, pristine pools of spring water; majestic alpine peaks ... In reality, bottled water is just water; however, that fact isn't stopping people from buying a lot of it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-clark-howard/stop-drinking-bottled-wat_b_660499.html

 

[Kyle B]

We have our own well, so the tap water is excellant. No need for bottled water anyway

 

[Dana]

You drink my fucking tap water even with a filter and then tell me not to. Fuckin disgusting. Theres something in the water or pipes that makes it grow a black mold. Besides Poland Springs is da best!

 

[Peter Parka]

Yeah, I've heard about this before, never seen the point of buying something when I can get it better quality and much cheaper out of the tap, anyway.

 

[skyblue]

bottled water confuses me.....it sits in underground caverns for tens of thousands of years,then they bottle it and put a sell by date on the bottle

 

[Abcinthia]

bottled water confuses me.....it sits in underground caverns for tens of thousands of years,then they bottle it and put a sell by date on the bottle

Yeah that always amused me. I've always wondered if water could go off.

 

[porterjack]

bottled water confuses me.....it sits in underground caverns for tens of thousands of years,then they bottle it and put a sell by date on the bottle

i wonder what percentage of this bottled water actually comes from underground, i would not be surprised if it is just treated tap water, or worse, just tap water

 

[Peter Parka]

i wonder what percentage of this bottled water actually comes from underground, i would not be surprised if it is just treated tap water, or worse, just tap water

Coca Cola did that once.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0304-04.htm

 

[Kyle B]

i wonder what percentage of this bottled water actually comes from underground, i would not be surprised if it is just treated tap water, or worse, just tap water

They did an experiment on that Penn and Teller Bullshit show. They told people they were giving them expensive bottled water when in reality they were giving them just plain tap water. Then they asked people for their opinions of the water, the answers were great.

 

[Haus]

Most of the water is purified anyway.

it cost around here like 1.19 for a 20 oz bottle of water. I used to buy my girlfriend at the time a case of it. but i paid the stores cost for the 24 bottle case. which was 5.00 lol

they sell the same size water at the theaters for 4.00/bottle their cost is even lower then that

thats outrageous.

 

[Tim]

Bottled water facts.

• over 25% of bottled water comes from municipal source, ie tap water
• over 22% of bottle waters tested contained chemical contaminants at levels above strict state health limits.
• The plastic water bottle leach chemicals called phthalates into the water, which are known to disrupt testosterone and other hormones. there are regulatory standards limiting phthalates in tap water, there are no legal limits for phthalates in bottled water -- the bottled water industry waged a successful campaign opposing the FDA proposal to set a legal limit for these chemicals.

 

[Tim]

Thanks, but I'll stick to my tap water...

 

[AstriaPorta]

The tap water is perfect for me ...

you can make it better then the bottle water if you worry just boil the water.

 

[Dana]

bottled water confuses me.....it sits in underground caverns for tens of thousands of years,then they bottle it and put a sell by date on the bottle

everything nowadays has a an expiration date. WTF is to be confused about? Unless your water is black or rots a melt bolt drink it... confusion cleared! IE it's a fucking marketing ploy.

 

[Tim]

All companies that produce consumables must, by federal law, have an expiration date on it. Since bottled water is a consumable the company must put a expiration date on it.
Also some water becomes impure due to plastic melting or substances released into the water by the plastic.

It's not a marketing ploy

 

[HottyToddyChick]

i wonder what percentage of this bottled water actually comes from underground, i would not be surprised if it is just treated tap water, or worse, just tap water

My mom tried to convince me her water was just as good as the bottled water I insisted on buying. She made me do a taste test out of glasses. I could easily tell a difference. And some bottled water is good, and some is just plain nasty!!!! Aquafina, anyone? Yuck!

Unfortunately, bottled is super expensive! So I use a Brita now. I had a roommate once who's Brita had a light that flashed green when the filter was good and then did orange for a while and finally went red. I poured a glass one day, made a comment that we needed to change the filter because it was starting to taste off, and then the light flashed green so he brushed it off. The next glass that got poured, the light flashed orange.

Whenever I make something with powder (Gatorade, Crystal Light) I just use the water straight from the tap. It's flavored anyhow.

I will make myself sick from thirst before I drink from the tap though. I can't stand the taste; it makes me nauseous.

 

[KimmyCharmeleon]

My tap water tastes alright, tastes better when it's chilled though.

 

[Tim]

I prefer to drink right from the garden hose

 

[Francis]

Some cities have started banning bottled water.. Ours is strongly considering following that trend to lower the plastics in the recycling..

I know for Expo and the Olympics we had to ADD chemicals to our water so people who came from other cities would not feel too sick from ours.. Kinda makes you wonder..

Personally I hate bottle water, will very rarely buy any and if I do I tend to keep the bottle and refill it with tap water..

 

[AstriaPorta]

My mom tried to convince me her water was just as good as the bottled water I insisted on buying. She made me do a taste test out of glasses. I could easily tell a difference. And some bottled water is good, and some is just plain nasty!!!! Aquafina, anyone? Yuck!

Unfortunately, bottled is super expensive! So I use a Brita now. I had a roommate once who's Brita had a light that flashed green when the filter was good and then did orange for a while and finally went red. I poured a glass one day, made a comment that we needed to change the filter because it was starting to taste off, and then the light flashed green so he brushed it off. The next glass that got poured, the light flashed orange.

Whenever I make something with powder (Gatorade, Crystal Light) I just use the water straight from the tap. It's flavored anyhow.

I will make myself sick from thirst before I drink from the tap though. I can't stand the taste; it makes me nauseous.

have you ever try to put some lemon in the water that's what i do sometimes i drink very little of water and i try to force to drink more so i add some lemon and i can have some ..

usually i have about 2 glasses a day i have people telling me that's very little but i feel no thirsty to have more so the lemon help to manage to have another or 2 ..