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The only luxury my family has is buying bottled water from Europe (Aqua Panna, San Benedetto) to avoid routinely ingesting microplastics. We only use natural fi
by nikolay 4y ago
The only luxury my family has is buying bottled water from Europe (Aqua Panna, San Benedetto) to avoid routinely ingesting microplastics. We only use natural fiber fabrics at home (cotton and wool) but it has become really hard to buy pure cotton wear nowadays - especially socks! Even brands like Cotton:On now have
plenty of plastic wear, so, one needs to be very careful. Unfortunately, due to the supply chain issue, there's almost no more glass-bottled water from Europe anymore and the American one is grossly expensive! Not only glass bottles are hygienic and make water intake dosing easy, they also reduce pollution in nature as people perceive them differently, I believe. Kids love fleece, which is one of the worst airway and lung pollutants wit microplastic fibers, I believe.
- ParksNet 4y agoLook on Etsy for locally made cottons socks. Investigate getting a reverse osmosis home water machine installed under your kitchen sink, and ensuring the tubing coming out of it all the way to the faucet is metallic.
- schroeding 4y ago> there's almost no more glass-bottled water from Europe anymore and the American one is grossly expensive! Wait, was european bottled water cheaper than american bottled water in California or am I misunderstanding this? That would be kinda insane, IMO :D
- nikolay 4y agoYes [0] [1] [2], including the subscription services, which offer glass gallon jugs for astronomical prices - that's why I chose individual bottles! Even Voss from Iceland is cheaper on per-case basis! [0]: Saratoga (https://sswc.com/ https://sswc.com/) [1]: Mountain Valley Spring (https://www.mountainvalleyspring.com/ https://www.mountainvalleyspring.com/) [2]: Starkey (https://starkeywater.com/ https://starkeywater.com/)
- schroeding 4y agoOuch. Then let's hope the supply of glass-bottled european water returns to normal soon. ^^ (Those gallon jugs look really cool, though, never seen such massive glass bottles. But my god must they be heavy! :D)
- nikolay 4y agoThey must be heavy as even the plastic ones weigh a ton and even they are not so easy to install. I've been grossed out by busineses who put plastic on those commercial stations without bothering to even wipe them out from the road and storage dirt and the machines used to cool and heat the water from the jugs are full of hard plastic components, heat the water, which is even worse, and are rarely cleaned up - I always carry water with me for that reason as even a plastic bottle is better than drinking water from there!
- jimhefferon 4y agoCocks?