I think we should ban tap water in all public places and tax it to pay for health care. [View All]

[TahitiNut]

Too many people are addicted to tap water ... a clear danger to themselves and others.

In addition, The Center for Study of Responsive Law's, Troubled Water on Tap report, states that over 2,100 contaminants have been found in drinking water. Of those 2,100, 190 are known to cause adverse health effects. In total, 97 carcinogens, 82 mutagens and suspected mutagens (cause cell mutations), 23 tumor promoters and 28 acute and chronic toxic contaminants have been detected in U.S. drinking water.
http://www.bidness.com/esd/showering.htm

"A long, hot shower can be dangerous. The toxic chemicals are inhaled in high concentrations." - Bottom Line - August 1987, J Andelman, Ph. D.

"We conclude that skin absorption of contaminants in drinking water has been underestimated and that ingestion may not constitute the sole or even primary route of exposure." - American Journal of Public Health, May, 1984, Vol. 74, No. 5

Besides ... thousands of deaths each year are directly attributable to over-exposure to dihydrogen monoxide. Furthermore, nearly EVERY human death can be related to exposure to water.