Plastics in water that is stored in plastic... very surprising. Glad we have science to tell us this...
Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in global study
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Distilled water, particularly if heated, is dangerous to drink, according to some chemists I know. The concept is that the ultra-pure water leaches potentially harmful ions from its surroundings, for example chromium from stainless steel fixtures. Better to drink some harmless sodium and chlorine ions.
What's their take on reverse osmosis?
"RODI" (de-ionized reverse osmosis) water can be as pure as distilled water, and is common in labs. I'm told you don't want to drink the lab-grade stuff.
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>Bottled water is a scam, and it also is a resources that's often extracted from poor countries and communities Are you sure about this? My impression is that the price/weight ratio of bottled water is way to low to make any sense to not bottle them in close proximity, so "extracted from poor countries " doesn't sound plausible.
The bottled water is produced close to where it's sold. The issue is in countries where the water bottling plant takes up lots of the available local water so the poorer citizens can't access it, and they can't afford the bottled water either. This means they don't have access to any clean water. One of Nestle's recent CEOs actually went on record to say say he didn't believe access to clean water should be a human r…
It shouldn't be a human right. It doesn't make sense. TO say it is a human right would mean if somebody would build a hut in the desert, the world would have to build a water pipeline for them. That would be very ineffective.
I only know about Nestle, there often is the story about them supposedly depleting water in dry regions (I think Afghanistan or Pakistan). But if you look it up, they take the water from a very water rich region in that country.
Next time you read that Nestle story, look it up. I don't have time to Google right now.
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Having spent 5 months in Germany recently I can say without a doubt the entire food chain in that nation is something I miss. Tap water tasted great and the food was super high quality.
tasted gross in Berlin this summer, spent 2 months there.
There are still flats with lead pipes in Germany.
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#316Every bit helps. If you are a male who shaves, just try switching over to DE razors. It has no plastics whatsoever and it feels great on the skin - unless you have no basic motor skills and cut yourself silly.
I switched over a decade ago and I’d never go back to plastic disposable razors.
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> "The bottled water is produced close to where it's sold." Well, not always. Premium brands are often shipped long distances. Evian, Fiji water, etc...
Voss made a fortune selling Norwegian tap water around the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voss_(water)
I used to like their glass bottles, recently I bought again and found they have switched to plastic (at least in some markets) that looks the same and even feels the same until you open it. Fooled me once, shame on them; will never buy again.
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#318It's good to see the honest qualifications in the article: >Mason's team was able to identify specific plastics over 100 microns (0.10 mm) in size but not smaller particles. According to experts contacted by CBC News, there is a chance the Nile Red dye is adhering to another unknown substance other than plastic. >Mason leaves open that possibility but leans strongly to the smaller particles being plastic. >The develo…
For practical purpose does it matter? It detects non-water particles(pollution) in twice higher ratio than in tap water and plastic bottled water is sold as way purer than tap water with 1000 time higher price. Basically it's scam.
> bottled water is sold as way purer than tap water
Do you have a source for that? Is it not just the prevalent belief among consumers?
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#319Does anyone have a source for the % of micro plastics in typical tap water?
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#320Earlier quoted context omitted.
For practical purpose does it matter? It detects non-water particles(pollution) in twice higher ratio than in tap water and plastic bottled water is sold as way purer than tap water with 1000 time higher price. Basically it's scam.
> bottled water is sold as way purer than tap water Do you have a source for that? Is it not just the prevalent belief among consumers?
In fairness, that could be what he’s talking about - the illusion among consumers that bottled watered is purer than tap. But with most brands marketing as coming from some mountain spring, who’s really at fault?