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> They do mention consumers "worry about the safety of tap water after the high-profile contamination in Flint", so I am guessing people are a bit unwilling to
by grondilu 9y ago
> They do mention consumers "worry about the safety of tap water after the high-profile contamination in Flint", so I am guessing people are a bit unwilling to take someone's word on "perfectly potable water" without seeing the proof.
This. I only drink bottled water. I just have very hard times trusting water which has been flowing in pipes. It may be irrational, but we're talking about a substance we drink every day. It's tough to overcome irrational fears about it.
- craftyguy 9y agoThe water in your bottles comes from somewhere, and it's almost never the mountain springs that bottlers want you to believe. In many cases, it is from municipal water supplies (i.e. it flows through pipes).
- suby 9y agoIs there not also a health risk from consuming water that's been bottled in plastic?
- strictnein 9y agoNo.
- loeg 9y agoThe bottled water is just somewhere else's tap water.
- KGIII 9y agoPoland Spring, owned by Nestlé now, may actually come from a spring and may actually not be municipal tap water. It depends on which plant it came from. There is a plant not too far from here. It's too long to get into tonight, but quite a few people are unhappy with the deal that was made with Nestlé. Rumors abound about corruption, bribery, and dishonesty. It's a small town so I'm not sure what will have made it into the newspapers, but the town is Kingfield, Maine. Some of the people are pretty unhappy.
- thaumasiotes 9y ago> we're talking about a substance we drink every day Water? I cook with it, but what I drink is generally milk.
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- foota 9y agoYou can get your water tested