Reply #10: Hear hear! [View All]

[Nihil]

> I don't know why people think the water that already comes from
> their taps is pure as the driven fucking snow, because IT'S NOT.
> It's heavily contaminated in most cases and has to be heavily
> treated before we get to drink it.

I learned this years ago (whilst studying earth resource modules
in geology) yet I'm amazed that these "discussions" still crop up.

The water that I drink in the office in London will typically have
been through *seven* people since it landed as rain yet it is pure,
clear, clean & healthy (and nicely chilled too but that's a bonus).

:shrug:

It doesn't have antimony, benzene or any of the other crap that turns
up in bottled water so I think I'll stick to it for now ...

e.g.,
> Plastic bottles continuously leach antimony into drinking water,
> claim geochemists in Germany.
>
> 'My point is not that these bottled waters are contaminated with
> antimony,' he said, 'the point is that antimony is constantly being
> released from the bottle into the water.'
(http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2006/January/19010601.asp)

> Possible problems associated with shop-bought water include excess sodium,
> the leaching of toxins and benzene contamination, according to a report
> published yesterday by the sustainable food and farming group Sustain.
(http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/health-warning-over-safety-of-bottled-water-430620.html)