I have mentioned health related issues introduced by Dr. Mercola before. He does get me thinking. The following is what I read today about the second most valuable ingredient to our survival.
“Are You Paying 1,900 Times More for Unhealthy, Earth-Damaging Water?
If you drink bottled water, yes, you are!
Bottled water typically costs more than $1.50 per bottle, which is 1,900 times the price of tap water.
Yet, that very same bottled water that you’re paying a premium for is, in about 40 percent of cases, simply bottled tap water, which may or may not have received any additional treatment.On top of that, most municipal tap water must actually adhere to more strict purity standards than the bottled water industry.
Further, while the EPA requires large public water supplies to test for contaminants as often as several times a day, the FDA requires private bottlers to test for contaminants only once a week, once a year, or once every four years, depending on the contaminant.
An independent test performed by the Environmental Working Group revealed 38 low-level contaminants in bottled water, with each of the 10 tested brands containing an average of eight chemicals including disinfection byproducts (DBPs), caffeine, Tylenol, nitrate, industrial chemicals, arsenic, and bacteria were all detected.
So what you are paying for is often no different, or even worse, than the water that comes out of your faucet.
When you factor in other elements, like the chemicals that can leach from the plastic bottle and its impact on the environment, bottled water becomes a losing proposition no matter how you look at it.
Drinking From Plastic Bottles is Not a Wise Health Move”
To read the full article visit Dr Mercola’s thoughts on water.
I do not drink city water for two very good reasons. First, I do not feel the chlorine and fluorine in the water is healthy for me. Second, I have a well. If I lived in a city I would be using my water distiller to remove the chlorine and fluorine from my water as I used to do before moving to the country.