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Default to not drinking from taps directly. I live in Seattle. We only use tap water after filtering with a Brita Filter for drinking and cooking. When we are o
by akg_67 11y ago
Default to not drinking from taps directly. I live in Seattle. We only use tap water after filtering with a Brita Filter for drinking and cooking. When we are outside home, we either bring filtered water with us or buy bottled water. At restaurants, if in doubt we ask if water is directly from tap.
Since the flint lead news, I have been exploring how can I get my tap water tested on a routine.
- groby_b 11y agoAny results on the routine testing? Pointers?
- toomuchtodo 11y agohttp://www.agwt.org/node/169 http://www.agwt.org/node/169
- groby_b 11y agoI'm going to go out on a limb and say that "use a laboratory" is not the most helpful piece of advice ever :)
- akg_67 11y agoActually just a low tech method. Asked my wife who is on Board of Homeowners Association (HOA) to find out if HOA has done any testing in the past or would consider sending incoming city water supply samples for testing annually.
- sanoli 11y agoDid you find anything acceptable, regarding the testing?
- serge2k 11y agoRidiculous. First off, evidence that Seattle water is unsafe? Second, brita is useless http://www.naturalnews.com/046536_water_filters_heavy_metals_lab_results.html http://www.naturalnews.com/046536_water_filters_heavy_metals...
- datashaman 11y agoyou're using 'natural news' as a source? this is one of the worst sites on the internet, literally riddled with unproven BS.
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- akg_67 11y agoFrom another poster "Nassim Taleb taught me that the absence of known danger is not the same as safety."
- jcranmer 11y agoI wouldn't trust that link. The end of the article contains a pitch for a dietary supplement, which is a giant red flag to me. The fact that the sidebar lists conspiracy theories such as "Obama is a sleeper agent" and "San Bernadino was a false-flag" is basically guilt by association.
- rgbrenner 11y agoI won't jump in on criticizing naturalnews. but: To conduct the tests, we created a multi-element "spike" solution containing from 1300 ppb to 2300 ppb concentrations of each of the tested elements. The EPA limit for lead is 15 ppb. So the test is 80-150x the limit. This is 4-8x what's been seen in Flint (up to 20x the limit). It should not be surprising that these filters were overwhelmed. Depending on which element is being tested.. this 1300-2300 represents significantly more than or less than EPA limits. This was a very sloppy test.. and it would be difficult to draw conclusions from it.
- prewett 11y ago> Default to not drink from taps directly Why?? Tap water is highly regulated, and 1000 times cheaper than bottled water. It does not produce tons of plastic waste (much of which is not recycled). It does not leach possible carcinogens like BPA, DEHA, or BBP. Furthermore, much of the bottled water comes from municipal tap water! The Mayo Clinic says that tap water and bottled water are about equally safe. If you can't trust top-notch doctors, who can you trust? This myth about bottled water being better needs to stop. [1] http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/03/100310/why-tap-water-is-better/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/03/100310/why-t... [2] http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/tap-vs-bottled-water/faq-20058017 http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-he...