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troutman · 01-11-2007, 02:19 PM

Bottled water is one of the biggest scams going. Tap water is just fine.

Should you really drink 8 glasses per day?

http://dms.dartmouth.edu/news/2002_h2/pdf/8x8.pdf

Bottled vs. Tap

http://www.quackwatch.org/01Quackery...aterindex.html

http://www.fda.gov/FDAC/features/2002/402_h2o.html

http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/bw/bwinx.asp

This is the online version of NRDC's March 1999 petition to the FDA and attached report on the results of our four-year study of the bottled water industry, including its bacterial and chemical contamination problems. The petition and report find major gaps in bottled water regulation and conclude that bottled water is not necessarily safer than tap water.

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Health/st...=728070&page=1

http://www.case.edu/pubaff/univcomm/water.htm

People who buy bottled water for its perceived purity may not be getting what they're paying for. They're most likely not getting adequate fluoride either, according to researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Ohio State University.

"Only three bottled waters ... had fluoride levels within the range recommended by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency," according to James Lalumandier, a CWRU assistant professor of dentistry, and Leona W. Ayers of OSU's College of Medicine and Public Health. The other 54 bottles fell short of the recommended range of 0.80 to 1.30 milligrams of fluoride per liter.

All Cleveland tap water samples, however, were not only within the accepted range but also scored very near the optimal level of 1.00 milligrams per liter.

Amazing, but true - tap water from Cleveland is better than bottled water!

01-11-2007, 02:19 PM	#25
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	Bottled water is one of the biggest scams going. Tap water is just fine. Should you really drink 8 glasses per day? http://dms.dartmouth.edu/news/2002_h2/pdf/8x8.pdf Bottled vs. Tap http://www.quackwatch.org/01Quackery...aterindex.html http://www.fda.gov/FDAC/features/2002/402_h2o.html http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/bw/bwinx.asp This is the online version of NRDC's March 1999 petition to the FDA and attached report on the results of our four-year study of the bottled water industry, including its bacterial and chemical contamination problems. The petition and report find major gaps in bottled water regulation and conclude that bottled water is not necessarily safer than tap water. http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Health/st...=728070&page=1 http://www.case.edu/pubaff/univcomm/water.htm People who buy bottled water for its perceived purity may not be getting what they're paying for. They're most likely not getting adequate fluoride either, according to researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Ohio State University. "Only three bottled waters ... had fluoride levels within the range recommended by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency," according to James Lalumandier, a CWRU assistant professor of dentistry, and Leona W. Ayers of OSU's College of Medicine and Public Health. The other 54 bottles fell short of the recommended range of 0.80 to 1.30 milligrams of fluoride per liter. All Cleveland tap water samples, however, were not only within the accepted range but also scored very near the optimal level of 1.00 milligrams per liter. Amazing, but true - tap water from Cleveland is better than bottled water! Last edited by troutman; 01-11-2007 at 02:27 PM.