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Think before you drink tap water.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

   I have long been grossed out about drinking tap water, which includes treated water originating from toilets. Filtering the water does not remove the toilet water.   Spring water is not a perfect solution, not being regulated sufficiently to know the impurities that are there, and often (if not always) being chlorinated, just as tap water is chlorinated. Distilled water may be the safest and cleanest option, but if it is purchased in plastic bottles, the plastic can leach into the water, and the empty bottles create permanent waste pollution if not recycled.    In yesterday's news is a revelation that a whole host of drugs (and not all localities test for presence of drugs -- here is a list of the impurities found in municipalities that have had their water tested), disinfectants, and other impurities are found in tap water, including where I live (see here, too)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on March 09, 2008 (boomark / email).