Troubled Over Water
St. Louis was voted as having the best water in the United States, so why does it still taste gross to me? I’m sorry but I refuse to drink tap water when there is perfectly great tasting bottled water at my local grocery store. I swear I can tell the difference. My husband refuses to believe that there is a difference, however, and we go round and round about how much money we spend on bottled water when we can drink it for free (sort of) from the tap.
Well, I got news for hubby……….
“You might have seen the article in your local paper last week: AP Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water or Drugs in Your Drinking Water. The Associated Press National Investigative Team found pain killers, hormones, psychotropics, bronchial dilators, antibiotics, and even veterinary medications in 24 major metropolitan areas out of only 28 water providers tested (although 62 were contacted).”
Unfortunately, there is no legal standard for testing bottled water, but the The EPA’s Bottle Water Basics is a helpful guide to buying clean water and if you are throwing away unused medications, Health Patio also mentions putting them in a plastic bag with coffee grounds or kitty litter as they absorb the chemicals and prevent them from leaking into the groundwater.
Okay, I’m off my soapbox about chemicals in our water, I think I’ll go make some popcorn and watch Erin Brokovich.
Filed under: Environment | Tagged: bottled water, drinking water, Environment, EPA, Health Patio, tap water
Tap water tastes better than bottled water? I don’t know about that…
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/07/27/pepsico.aquafina.reut/
Edit: Heh, I meant that to be reveresed. =) Bottled water tastes better than tap water?
maybe your husband is “high” from all the drugs in the local tap water to think that
Bryson is right, studies have been done showing that tap water does taste better than bottled. In fact, there is now a growing trend in which upscale “water bars” or restaurants serve water straight from the tap rather than “upscale” bottled water.
Not to mention the serious environmental damage bottled water causes…it costs way more than gasoline, it comes from the SAME sources as regular tap water (with less testing and health standards, too), and it creates a ton of waste.
If anything, get a Brita filter! That’s the best solution IMO.