The Facts About Bottled Water
Are you feeling healthy and smug because you drink nothing but bottled water?
You may want to have a look at this chart, and then wipe that smug off yer face: The Facts About Bottled Water.
(Hat tip: Stanley Sea.)
Are you feeling healthy and smug because you drink nothing but bottled water?
You may want to have a look at this chart, and then wipe that smug off yer face: The Facts About Bottled Water.
(Hat tip: Stanley Sea.)
1 | WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Dec 13, 2009 6:53:06pm |
Portland tap water and Portland beer for me, thanks!
2 | Sharmuta Sun, Dec 13, 2009 6:53:42pm |
As bad as this is- remember sodas come in the same plastic bottles...
3 | Dark_Falcon Sun, Dec 13, 2009 6:55:45pm |
re: #2 Sharmuta
As bad as this is- remember sodas come in the same plastic bottles...
I drink my soda from cans. Aluminum can be easily recycled indefinitely.
4 | acwgusa Sun, Dec 13, 2009 6:57:00pm |
re: #2 Sharmuta
As bad as this is- remember sodas come in the same plastic bottles...
As does milk, some juices, etc...
5 | Stanghazi Sun, Dec 13, 2009 6:57:57pm |
At least where I live, tap water is just fine. Life is easier using it, too!
6 | McSpiff Sun, Dec 13, 2009 6:58:03pm |
re: #2 Sharmuta
As bad as this is- remember sodas come in the same plastic bottles...
Soda doesn't come from the tap here tho :(
7 | Sharmuta Sun, Dec 13, 2009 6:58:19pm |
re: #4 acwgusa
I'm talking about 20 oz beverage bottles. Folks drinking bottles of soda should look at this graph just as much as bottled water drinkers.
8 | Gus Sun, Dec 13, 2009 6:58:29pm |
re: #4 acwgusa
As does milk, some juices, etc...
I was looking at a plastic jug of laundry detergent today thinking about why don't they sell it in something like the milk cartons.
9 | acwgusa Sun, Dec 13, 2009 6:58:39pm |
11 | Political Atheist Sun, Dec 13, 2009 6:58:50pm |
We really should filter our own water. Reverse osmosis (usually attached to the faucet or under the sink) is good. I use Brita, and I suspect any good commercial aquarium filter could bring tap water in a very pure state. Adapting an aquarium filter onto a cistern would just be brilliant.
12 | Sharmuta Sun, Dec 13, 2009 6:59:24pm |
re: #8 Gus 802
I was looking at a plastic jug of laundry detergent today thinking about why don't they sell it in something like the milk cartons.
Buy powdered detergent. It comes in a paperboard box, and you're not buying water.
13 | Bagua Sun, Dec 13, 2009 6:59:34pm |
14 | McSpiff Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:00:17pm |
re: #10 Sharmuta
OHKAAAY- let us all miss the point.
Sorry Sharm was just being a dork. The point in my head was that there is a really easy alternative to bottled water, not so much with soda. So in terms of going after low hanging fruit, that would be bottled water. But you're entirely correct that nature doesn't really care what was in that bottle originally.
15 | Racer X Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:00:25pm |
You are what you eat. Meat is muscle.
*flexes bicep*
16 | Sharmuta Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:01:22pm |
re: #14 McSpiff
The thing with soda is it isn't good for you. Don't drink it and you reduce the plastic bottle problem too.
17 | reine.de.tout Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:01:23pm |
re: #2 Sharmuta
As bad as this is- remember sodas come in the same plastic bottles...
My thought exactly, when I saw this in the previous thread.
18 | Gus Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:01:30pm |
re: #12 Sharmuta
Buy powdered detergent. It comes in a paperboard box, and you're not buying water.
True. But people will keep buying the liquid detergent. Unless they change their buying habits they'll keep getting the high mil thickness plastic containers.
19 | Racer X Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:01:58pm |
re: #7 Sharmuta
I'm talking about 20 oz beverage bottles. Folks drinking bottles of soda should look at this graph just as much as bottled water drinkers.
When I was a kid we used to make our own soda with Kool-Aid. We would add a teaspoon of baking soda. It was terrible.
20 | McSpiff Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:02:09pm |
re: #16 Sharmuta
The thing with soda is it isn't good for you. Don't drink it and you reduce the plastic bottle problem too.
No argument here.
21 | jaunte Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:02:17pm |
Some other issues with bottled water (Upton Sinclair style):
- FDA's rules completely exempt 60-70 percent of the bottled water sold in the United States from the agency's bottled water standards, because FDA says its rules do not apply to water packaged and sold within the same state. Nearly 40 states say they do regulate such waters (generally with few or no resources dedicated to policing this); therefore, about one out of five states do not.- FDA also exempts "carbonated water," "seltzer," and many other waters sold in bottles from its bottled water standards, applying only vague general sanitation rules that set no specific contamination limits. Fewer than half of the states require these waters to meet bottled water standards.
- Even when bottled waters are covered by FDA's specific bottled water standards, those rules are weaker in many ways than EPA rules that apply to big city tap water.
[Link: www.nrdc.org...]
22 | Killgore Trout Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:02:40pm |
Good tips. The water here in Portland really sucks, Very high PH, high mineral content and tastes like shit. I installed rain barrels on my gutters primarily for my hydroponic plants but I also use rainwater for making tea. I boil it in a french press coffee maker and haven't encountered any cooties yet.
23 | WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:02:42pm |
re: #14 McSpiff
Sorry Sharm was just being a dork. The point in my head was that there is a really easy alternative to bottled water, not so much with soda. So in terms of going after low hanging fruit, that would be bottled water. But you're entirely correct that nature doesn't really care what was in that bottle originally.
If the problem is the bottles, hey, canned soda! Or glass bottles, like Thomas Kemper and Jones soda.
24 | Jaerik Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:03:06pm |
If the tap water here were drinkable, I would gladly use it as an alternative. Unfortunately, because it doesn't rain in southern California basically well... ever, our water has to be brought in via a giant dirt ditch from Colorado. This means it tastes like chalky, overly-chlorinated swimming pool water by the time it gets to our tap, and leaves a funky aftertaste.
I've tried using just about every water filter on the market, but none of them work well enough to stomach.
Hey, at least I recycle the bottles fairly religiously.
25 | cliffster Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:03:34pm |
re: #16 Sharmuta
The thing with soda is it isn't good for you. Don't drink it and you reduce the plastic bottle problem too.
Nothing like a heapin' helping of phosphorous daily to kill your bone density, metabolism, and all sorts of other things.
26 | Racer X Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:03:39pm |
re: #22 Killgore Trout
Good tips. The water here in Portland really sucks, Very high PH, high mineral content and tastes like shit. I installed rain barrels on my gutters primarily for my hydroponic plants but I also use rainwater for making tea. I boil it in a french press coffee maker and haven't encountered any cooties yet.
If your roof tiles are asphalt you may not want to consume the water runoff.
27 | Political Atheist Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:03:54pm |
re: #21 jaunte
Oh good grief. I had no idea. And I love a good club soda from time to time. Ugh.
28 | What, me worry? Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:03:54pm |
re: #3 Dark_Falcon
I drink my soda from cans. Aluminum can be easily recycled indefinitely.
You should limit your aluminum intake. It's not good for you either.
29 | Stanghazi Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:04:02pm |
re: #24 Jaerik
If the tap water here were drinkable, I would gladly use it as an alternative. Unfortunately, because it doesn't rain in southern California basically well... ever, our water has to be brought in via a giant dirt ditch from Colorado. This means it tastes like chalky, overly-chlorinated swimming pool water by the time it gets to our tap, and leaves a funky aftertaste.
I've tried using just about every water filter on the market, but none of them work well enough to stomach.
Hey, at least I recycle the bottles fairly religiously.
Dude, I'm in SoCal, am I going to die?
30 | Sharmuta Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:04:06pm |
re: #18 Gus 802
True. But people will keep buying the liquid detergent. Unless they change their buying habits they'll keep getting the high mil thickness plastic containers.
You can only control what you do, and hope to influence others. The more people learn about this issue, and work on reducing their plastic use (and other ways they can reduce their footprint) the better for all of us. But it starts with education and changing your own habits first.
33 | Killgore Trout Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:04:55pm |
Global warming! Environmental and ethical eating! Now anti-corporate water propaganda?!?!
/Flouncy McWingnut
34 | WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:05:14pm |
re: #22 Killgore Trout
Good tips. The water here in Portland really sucks, Very high PH, high mineral content and tastes like shit. I installed rain barrels on my gutters primarily for my hydroponic plants but I also use rainwater for making tea. I boil it in a french press coffee maker and haven't encountered any cooties yet.
I don't even notice, I'm on Mt. Scott just north of Clackamas, I just drink it right out of the faucet, tastes okay to me. But I also don't cook, so I'm not the best judge. The only tap water I've had that actually tasted alarmingly bad to me was Los Angeles. Tasted like drinking swimming pool water.
35 | Racer X Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:05:33pm |
re: #30 Sharmuta
You can only control what you do, and hope to influence others. The more people learn about this issue, and work on reducing their plastic use (and other ways they can reduce their footprint) the better for all of us. But it starts with education and changing your own habits first.
Good idea.
Don't believe everything you find on the internets either.
37 | WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:05:43pm |
re: #28 marjoriemoon
You should limit your aluminum intake. It's not good for you either.
Me, Grimlock munch metal.
38 | allegro Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:05:47pm |
re: #30 Sharmuta
But it starts with education and changing your own habits first.
And when we stop buying those products packaged that way, it will encourage the market to start providing their products packaged in a more sustainable way.
39 | WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:06:20pm |
40 | Political Atheist Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:06:22pm |
re: #28 marjoriemoon
Glass is the best. Yeah, it breaks, but its easy to clean, even sterilize and of course recycle. Why drink metals and broken poly chains ? I see cases of water in the sun at the market. Of course the sun beaks down the plastic, and short chain polymers get into the water.
41 | Gus Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:06:37pm |
re: #33 Killgore Trout
Global warming! Environmental and ethical eating! Now anti-corporate water propaganda?!?!
/Flouncy McWingnut
Hippies!
/
42 | Vicious Michigan Union Thug Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:06:42pm |
The only bottled water that I drink is Perrier, in glass bottles, imported from Canada.
My daughter in Israel has a seltzer machine and makes her own sparkling water. I keep meaning to get one, and I really have no excuse not to, since I sell it at the Zionist Mall. (Fizzy seltzer ad at top right)
43 | Killgore Trout Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:07:00pm |
re: #34 WindUpBird
I'm near you but close in south east. I think the ancient plumbing closer in is a problem.
44 | Political Atheist Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:07:27pm |
re: #33 Killgore Trout
Flouncy Wingnut?! ROFL. What a great satirical nic!
45 | Racer X Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:07:53pm |
I'm gonna hole up in a shack and eat worms.
Hmmppff.
47 | The Curmudgeon Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:08:12pm |
Pay no attention. It's a plot. I drink only distilled water and grain alcohol. Nothing else is good enough for my precious bodily fluids. Preserve your purity of essence!
48 | Bloodnok Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:08:15pm |
re: #16 Sharmuta
The thing with soda is it isn't good for you. Don't drink it and you reduce the plastic bottle problem too.
I see BIG SODA has not gotten to you yet. They are merciless lobbyists, all hopped up on caffeine the way they are.
49 | WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:08:27pm |
re: #43 Killgore Trout
I'm near you but close in south east. I think the ancient plumbing closer in is a problem.
Oooh yes. If you're up near all those old craftsman houses in the Hawthorne/Belmont area, yeah, I can totally see the water being UNGOOD
50 | Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:08:29pm |
Wait, those delivery trucks that deliver the water don't run on skittles from a unicorns ass?
51 | allegro Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:08:42pm |
52 | Gus Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:09:28pm |
re: #48 Bloodnok
I see BIG SODA has not gotten to you yet. They are merciless lobbyists, all hopped up on caffeine the way they are.
Do anything and you'll have to answer to the Coca-Cola company. /
53 | WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:09:31pm |
re: #50 Cannadian Club Akbar
Wait, those delivery trucks that deliver the water don't run on skittles from a unicorns ass?
ahahahahahahahahahaha dying
(I am saving this line and unleashing it on someone on another message board at a later date)
54 | Political Atheist Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:11:50pm |
I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.
I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes.
I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming.
W. C. Fields
55 | Killgore Trout Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:11:56pm |
re: #49 WindUpBird
Yeah, the water infrastructure here is at least 100 years old. Probably lots of lead pipes and joints.
56 | Sharmuta Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:12:08pm |
re: #48 Bloodnok
I see BIG SODA has not gotten to you yet. They are merciless lobbyists, all hopped up on caffeine the way they are.
BIG SODA are two of the largest producers of bottled water. My guess is more bottles of soda are purchased every day than bottled water, but I don't know for sure- it's only a guess. Therefore I would say bottled soda consumption, in terms of resources used, is worse than bottled water. I'd love for this chart to be redone and include bottled soda. I bet we'd all wee-wee ourselves if we saw the results.
Soda is evil. And also delicious in moderation.
57 | Gus Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:12:11pm |
Bottled Water vs Tap Water on 20/20
John Stossel before he went over to the dark side. ;)
58 | The Sanity Inspector Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:12:30pm |
Brita pitchers at home are what we use. I'm not averse to ordinary tap water, though.
59 | Dark_Falcon Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:12:53pm |
here's that article I promised Rightwingconspirator on the last thread. If PETA thinks not giving cats meat is a good thing for cats they should think again.
Killing Field By Steven Malanga
60 | Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:13:12pm |
Florida water taste like crap. I use an inline filter. Better then bottled. Or am I evil?
/
61 | What, me worry? Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:13:32pm |
My tap water is white and cloudy and tastes really bad. I don't even boil with it.
62 | Political Atheist Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:13:52pm |
re: #56 Sharmuta
Hah. The best soda for me is Coca Cola from Mexico, or wherever they still use sugar cane, not corn syrup. BTW, It's only in the smaller glass bottles. That is what you may make a really good rum and coke from.
63 | Political Atheist Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:14:40pm |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
Yo thanks! I'll be reading that.
64 | Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:14:47pm |
re: #62 Rightwingconspirator
Hah. The best soda for me is Coca Cola from Mexico, or wherever they still use sugar cane, not corn syrup. BTW, It's only in the smaller glass bottles. That is what you may make a really good rum and coke from.
Coke in 8 OZ. glass bottles rule.
65 | Seltzer123 Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:15:18pm |
The Gruen Transfer is an Australian television show in which advertising people discuss different marketing campaigns.
Here is a youtube clip from an episode where the panelists talk about marketing bottled water:
Some portions are very funny.
66 | cliffster Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:16:06pm |
re: #56 Sharmuta
BIG SODA are two of the largest producers of bottled water. My guess is more bottles of soda are purchased every day than bottled water, but I don't know for sure- it's only a guess. Therefore I would say bottled soda consumption, in terms of resources used, is worse than bottled water. I'd love for this chart to be redone and include bottled soda. I bet we'd all wee-wee ourselves if we saw the results.
Soda is evil. And also delicious in moderation.
It's crazy the sodas you can buy at gas stations. 64-ounce, 100-ounce soda. People I know drink two or three a day. Holy shit?
67 | What, me worry? Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:16:12pm |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
here's that article I promised Rightwingconspirator on the last thread. If PETA thinks not giving cats meat is a good thing for cats they should think again.
Killing Field By Steven Malanga
These people don't know the difference between omnivores, carnivores and vegetarian. I dealt with that stupid crap when a friend of mine wanted to make her cat a veggie. I told her, "Well sure, if you want to kill it."
68 | The Sanity Inspector Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:16:14pm |
Well, I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine
I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine
'Cause this Georgia water tastes like turpentine
69 | Gus Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:17:11pm |
At home all you have to do is pour it out of the tap, add some ice, then add a couple of squeezes of lemon including a slice of lemon.
70 | reine.de.tout Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:17:57pm |
re: #58 The Sanity Inspector
Brita pitchers at home are what we use. I'm not averse to ordinary tap water, though.
Baton Rouge water is great. Nice soft water, tastes great - no additional filtering needed. Comes from underground aquifers.
New Orleans water, on the other hand - comes from the Mississippi River at New Orleans, where half the nation's waste and run-off ends up. Nobody drinks straight from the tap.
71 | Gus Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:19:56pm |
72 | mich-again Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:20:11pm |
Great topic for a thread.
Years back we installed a water softener and a activated carbon filter to treat all the incoming city water to the house. Every tap in the house gets high quality drinking water without the chlorine. The softener is key too, it allows us to cut detergent use in half and that adds up when you do 15 loads of laundry a week like I do here. I think the whole thing was a couple grand. It has paid for itself at least a few times already.
73 | What, me worry? Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:20:25pm |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
here's that article I promised Rightwingconspirator on the last thread. If PETA thinks not giving cats meat is a good thing for cats they should think again.
Killing Field By Steven Malanga
We had a bad feral cat problem in our neighorhood and we're also a designated bird sanctuary so it was a problem on many levels. Our community worked with the Humane Society on what they call TNR. Trap, neuter and release. Once the cats are neutered, you solve the bulk of the problem.
74 | The Sanity Inspector Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:21:05pm |
re: #62 Rightwingconspirator
Hah. The best soda for me is Coca Cola from Mexico, or wherever they still use sugar cane, not corn syrup. BTW, It's only in the smaller glass bottles. That is what you may make a really good rum and coke from.
Jones Soda in the U.S. produces a sugar cane cola. It's not bad.
75 | Sharmuta Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:22:10pm |
re: #72 mich-again
Yes- there are a number of companies that make home filtration systems now, and every tap in the house can have quality water. If you're in an area with poor quality water, it's worth considering.
77 | The Sanity Inspector Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:24:15pm |
re: #64 Cannadian Club Akbar
Coke in 8 OZ. glass bottles rule.
Who remembers the wood or wire carriers they used to come in, before they started using cardboard? I don't go quite that far back, but I did see 'em in my grandparents' barn.
78 | Political Atheist Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:25:35pm |
re: #74 The Sanity Inspector
Jones is good soda. A trend here in LA is artisanal products, soda has gotten there big time. Some guys make Root Beer and real beer at home. Some great stuff.
79 | Vicious Michigan Union Thug Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:25:54pm |
re: #62 Rightwingconspirator
Hah. The best soda for me is Coca Cola from Mexico, or wherever they still use sugar cane, not corn syrup. BTW, It's only in the smaller glass bottles. That is what you may make a really good rum and coke from.
Coca Cola for Passover is made with sugar cane. There are swarms of non-Jews converging on the little kosher grocery store just before Passover, and it's not because they love matzah balls.
80 | The Sanity Inspector Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:26:38pm |
re: #70 reine.de.tout
Baton Rouge water is great. Nice soft water, tastes great - no additional filtering needed. Comes from underground aquifers.
New Orleans water, on the other hand - comes from the Mississippi River at New Orleans, where half the nation's waste and run-off ends up. Nobody drinks straight from the tap.
Good point.
Well it's too thick to navigate,
And it's too thin to plow...
81 | Dancing along the light of day Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:28:06pm |
So. Cal. specialty soda store, with lots of old fashioned, hard to find varieties! IIRC some of the Mexican bottled sodas are different from the USA bottled ingredients...
[Link: www.sodapopstop.com...]
82 | Political Atheist Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:30:12pm |
re: #79 Alouette
That must be quite a scene. There are rumors coke will ramp up and promote sugar cane soda, as in real classic coke. I hope so. As micro-brew beer made the big beer brewers step up their quality, perhaps the market will force Coke and Pepsi to step it up.
83 | John Neverbend Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:30:21pm |
"I drink a lot of water, you know. I'm what you might call a water man." - Group Captain Lionel Mandrake.
84 | Dark_Falcon Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:30:27pm |
re: #79 Alouette
Coca Cola for Passover is made with sugar cane. There are swarms of non-Jews converging on the little kosher grocery store just before Passover, and it's not because they love matzah balls.
I always try to get my hands on sugar-flavored soda when it is available. Pepsi Throwback was a big hit with my gaming group, so much so that I purchased a case and had it shipped from Tennessee last month for the game.
85 | Dark_Falcon Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:31:10pm |
re: #83 John Neverbend
"I drink a lot of water, you know. I'm what you might call a water man." - Group Captain Lionel Mandrake.
"Mandrake, there will be no recall."
86 | Political Atheist Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:31:57pm |
re: #84 Dark_Falcon
Pepsi Throwback? I have got to get some. Mountain Dew? All the fun and twice the buzz.
87 | Political Atheist Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:37:19pm |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
That guy needs to live on the ISS or something. Cats are long since a part of the natural wildlife scene. People need to neuter their cats to prevent all kinds of imbalances.
89 | Pepper Fox Sun, Dec 13, 2009 8:07:12pm |
What about canned water? I buy that sometimes for my stockpile, but for everyday I refill my Nalgene.
90 | Kewalo Sun, Dec 13, 2009 8:19:14pm |
re: #27 Rightwingconspirator
Oh good grief. I had no idea. And I love a good club soda from time to time. Ugh.
You don't have to go without soda water. It's easy to buy the containers and once you have that you can pick up the CO2 from Target or William-Sonoma.
[Link: prairiemoon.biz...]
This is perfect soda to use with scotch or bourbon.
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
91 | wee fury Sun, Dec 13, 2009 8:22:51pm |
There is nothing so good -- as ice and reverse osmosis water (taken from my tap) in a fruit jar. And, if I put the lid on, I can take it anywhere.
92 | Irenicum Sun, Dec 13, 2009 8:33:16pm |
I know this is gonna sound strange. But my school counts the link as p__n. Why, I don't know. But is there another link that's kosher for me to jump to that won't get my ass in trouble?
93 | merkava IV Sun, Dec 13, 2009 10:39:42pm |
re: #83 John Neverbend
"I drink a lot of water, you know. I'm what you might call a water man." - Group Captain Lionel Mandrake.
"Now why don't you just take it easy, Group Captain, and please make me a drink of grain alcohol and rainwater, and help yourself to whatever you'd like."
94 | tjseagrove Mon, Dec 14, 2009 12:44:28pm |
I remember watching a 20/20 episode around 1990 and they tested many different bottled waters. They said the water in the bottle was no different than what they could get out of the tap. Maybe not my tap as we are about to drill a new well... :) (they may mention the 20/20 episode in the link but it is blocked here at work.)
Tom