bottled water

[Smiling JOe]

8 out of 10 plastic water bottles used in the United States become garbage or end up in a landfill. (Container Recycling Institute)

The energy we waste using bottled water would be enough to power 190,000 homes. But refilling your water bottle from the tap requires no expenditure of energy, and zero waste of resources. (PBS Point of View 2004)

Making all of the bottles for the US requires more than 1.5 million barrels of oil annually. That's enough to fuel 100,000 cars. (Earth Policy Institute)

Use a refillable bottle to make a small change towards a big difference.

I know there is also much debate on plastics in general, including the hard plastics like this Nalgene container, but my filtered tap water goes into one of these.

 

[John R]

what's in your water bottle?

klean kanteen

sigg

comprhensive faq

 

[30A Skunkape]

Tootsie-Pediatric fluoride supplementation is based on a sliding scale with age and amount of flouride in the tap water as variables. I am pretty sure your young Jedi should be getting 0.25mg daily (but my books are in storage, so go with whatever Suzy has you on!).

Smiley J-Well water should be monitored for bacteria, protozoa, nitrates and other metals.

Fluoride is one of those things that a small but vocal minority enjoy scaring everyone about, linking it to everything from AIDS to zits. Many good studies have been done that demonstrate the safety of fluoridation.

Miss Kitty-Ozarka was the bottled water of choice in Shreveport. If I remember correctly, it is bottled municipal water from Arkansas (or maybe Missouri).

 

[scooterbug44]

I grew up drinking only water, milk or juice and we still had tiny little flouride tablets we got (prescription free) from Health & Human services because our well water didn't have enough flouride in it.

I also have consumed quite a few other chemicals (mainly iodine) in my day through well meaning attempts to purify my water while camping. I'm convinced that variety and moderation will keep me safe despite all of the daily scares - if you just try to limit your intake of "fake" food and drink and get fresh air you avoid most fad health concerns.

 

[rdelong43065]

This was on today's Walton Sun site:

http://story.waltonsun.com/article.display.db.php?a=1786

Avian sued for deceptive practices in selling water

 

[TreeFrog]

IMHO, bottled water is just another successful attempt by the big corporations to create a dependable income stream.

It's been a long time now since the bottle water market saw the small local companies selling what was actually spring water or mineral water.

 

[iwishiwasthere]

We laugh at the expiration date on bottled water. Does plain water really go bad or just another government regulation? :roll:

 

[Miss Kitty]

Tootsie-Pediatric fluoride supplementation is based on a sliding scale with age and amount of flouride in the tap water as variables. I am pretty sure your young Jedi should be getting 0.25mg daily (but my books are in storage, so go with whatever Suzy has you on!)

Is this a prescription form of flouride? DO any of your kiddos get fouride treatments a the dentist?

Miss Kitty-Ozarka was the bottled water of choice in Shreveport. If I remember correctly, it is bottled municipal water from Arkansas (or maybe Missouri).

:nono1: ...leave my Ozarka water alone! I will NOT stop! I am a card carrying water snob.

BTW...this bottle says, SOURCE: A blend of Piney Woods Spring, Wood County, TX and Clear Springs, Wood County, TX. But, I once remember it saying Nacogdoches, TX. All I know is, that their "tap" water beats our tap water hands down! Dallas water taste like chemicals.

 

[Smiling JOe]

We laugh at the expiration date on bottled water. Does plain water really go bad or just another government regulation? :roll:

Bacteria grows in water. I am surprised that these water bottlers are not adding addictive drugs, such as caffeine, into the water.

This was on today's Walton Sun site:

http://story.waltonsun.com/article.display.db.php?a=1786

Avian sued for deceptive practices in selling water

Avian spelled backwards is Naive. ;-)

na?ive (nī-ēv') --Showing or characterized by a lack of sophistication and critical judgment

 

[TreeFrog]

And here's the latest. To my point about the big corporations....


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070726/hl_nm/pepsico_aquafina_dc