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By outside of NYC do you mean just elsewhere in the USA? I didn't realize the situation was that bad in the USA, outside of places such as Flint. I'm from the
by elthran 10y ago
By outside of NYC do you mean just elsewhere in the USA? I didn't realize the situation was that bad in the USA, outside of places such as Flint.
I'm from the UK, and this question never comes up anywhere in the country (I'm aware of the scale differences we're talking about)- if you travel anywhere, you can drink the tap water.
- newjersey 10y agoYes. I'm ashamed to admit that we don't fluoridate our water across the Hudson river. While I'll never admit this in person in front of a New Yorker, water does taste better in the city. This is not to take away from the fact that water here is mostly safe to drink. There was an incident earlier this year with a broken mains flooding Hoboken which left a little bit to be desired in terms of communication. However, overall I'm fairly satisfied with the water here. I imagine it is the same idiot antivaxxers who don't want fluoride in water but I haven't looked into it.
- goldbrick 10y agoI wouldn't be so quick to call others idiots. Fluoridation has absolutely nothing to do with taste. The reason NYC's water tastes better than NJ's is simply that it comes from a different source.
- nommm-nommm 10y agoThe water is the USA is highly regulated and safe to drink. Flint was a dramatic outlier which resulted in criminal charges for those involved. Municipal water supply has stricter standards than bottled water. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_Drinking_Water_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_Drinking_Water_Act
- stuaxo 10y ago@newjersey In the UK we only fouridate a few areas, mostly it's only good old chlorine that we add. Maps: http://bfsweb.org/onemillion/09%20One%20in%20a%20Million%20-%20The%20Extent%20of%20Fluoridation.pdf http://bfsweb.org/onemillion/09%20One%20in%20a%20Million%20-...