The Truth About Bottled Water - GoFuckYourself.com

brassmonkey · 07-22-2009, 12:26 PM

Imagine you?ve just been given a choice: You have to drink from one of two containers. One container is a cup from your own kitchen, and it contains a product that has passed strict state, federal and local guidelines for cleanliness and quality. Oh, and it?s free. The second container comes from a manufacturing plant somewhere, and its contents?while seemingly identical to your first choice?have not been subjected to the same strict national and local standards. It costs approximately four times more than gasoline. These products both look and taste nearly identical.

Which do you choose?

If you chose beverage A, congratulations: You just saved yourself a whole lot of money, and, perhaps, even contaminants, too. But if you picked beverage B, then you?ll be spending hundreds of unnecessary dollars on bottled water this year. Sure, bottled water is convenient, trendy, and may well be just as pure as what comes out of your tap. But it?s hardly a smart investment for your pocketbook, your body or our planet. Eat This, Not That! decided to take a closer look at what?s behind the pristine images and elegant-sounding names printed on those bottles.

You may actually be drinking tap water.
Case in point: Dasani, a Coca-Cola product. Despite its exotic-sounding name, Dasani is simply purified tap water that?s had minerals added back in. For example, if your Dasani water was bottled at the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Philadelphia, you?re drinking Philly tap water. But it?s not the only brand of water that relies on city pipes to provide its product. About 25 percent of all bottled water is taken from municipal water sources, including Pepsi?s Aquafina.

Bottled water isn?t always pure.
Scan the labels of the leading brands and you see variations on the words ?pure? and ?natural? and ?pristine? over and over again. And when a Cornell University marketing class studied consumer perceptions of bottled water, they found that people thought it was cleaner, with less bacteria. But that may not actually be true. For example, in a 4-year review that included the testing of 1,000 bottles of water, the Natural Resources Defense Council?one the country?s most ardent environmental crusaders?found that ?about 22 percent of the brands we tested contained, in at least one sample, chemical contaminants at levels above strict state health limits.?

It?s not clear where the plastic container ends and the drink begins.
Turns out, when certain plastics are heated at a high temperature, chemicals from the plastics may leach into container?s contents. So there?s been a flurry of speculation recently as to whether the amounts of these chemicals are actually harmful, and whether this is even a concern when it comes to water bottles?which aren?t likely to be placed in boiling water or even a microwave. While the jury is still out on realistic health ramifications, it seems that, yes, small amounts of chemicals from PET water bottles such as antimony?a semi-metal that?s thought to be toxic in large doses?can accumulate the longer bottled water is stored in a hot environment. Which, of course, is probably a good reason to avoid storing bottled water in your garage for six months?or better yet, to just reach for tap instead.

Our country?s high demand for oil isn?t just due to long commutes.
Most water bottles are composed of a plastic called polyethylene terepthalate (PET). Now, to make PET, you need crude oil. Specifically, 17 million barrels of oil are used in the production of PET water bottles ever year, estimate University of Louisville scientists. No wonder the per ounce cost of bottled water rivals that of gasoline. What?s more, 86 percent of 30 billion PET water bottles sold annually are tossed in the trash, instead of being recycled, according to data from the Container Recycling Institute. That?s a lot of waste?waste that will outlive you, your children, and your children?s children. You see, PET bottles take 400 to 1000 years to degrade. Which begs the question: If our current rate of consumption continues, where will we put all of this discarded plastic?

JFK · 07-22-2009, 12:32 PM

interesting, read a few similar ones over the years

Scott McD · 07-22-2009, 12:34 PM

I'm always telling off my girlfriend for buying bottled water. Biggest fucking waste of money ever...

Martin · 07-22-2009, 12:35 PM

Neither are good for you imho. Depending on where you live they fluoridate your drinking water. Huge movent in the EU to have it removed.

brassmonkey · 07-22-2009, 12:36 PM

i drink dasani hahahaha

SykkBoy · 07-22-2009, 12:52 PM

glancing at my water bill: hmmm, doesn't look like my tap water is exactly *free*

Dirty Lord · 07-22-2009, 12:53 PM

i drink piss (jk)

bobby666 · 07-22-2009, 12:57 PM

seems worth to think about

justinsain · 07-22-2009, 12:58 PM

At my grocery store ( Publix ) their brand 1.5 liter bottle of water is $1.08 and their brand of 2 liter soda is $.79

kane · 07-22-2009, 01:02 PM

Where I live the store near me has a kiosk that lets you fill your own water. It has a filter system in it and you can get five gallons for $1.75. I have a water dispenser in my house so every few weeks I go down and fill up my two big 5 gallon containers.

I'm sure the water isn't pure, but it tastes good and the water that comes out of my faucet tastes like dirt so I'll happily pay $3-$5 a month to have good tasting water, plus the filtering system this thing has in it seems like it is pretty good.

pornguy · 07-22-2009, 01:11 PM

We pay 2.30 per 5 gallon jug. But thats better than shitting for 3 weeks after 8 ox out of the faucet.

Welcome to mexico.

brassmonkey · 07-22-2009, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirty Lord

i drink piss (jk)

dats funny

do add lemon

Tanker · 07-22-2009, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Martin

Neither are good for you imho. Depending on where you live they fluoridate your drinking water. Huge movent in the EU to have it removed.

Fluoride is super poisonous.

I try to by bottled water fluoride free when I do buy bottled water

mynameisjim · 07-22-2009, 01:18 PM

These articles pop up every now and then and I never understand it. From day one I realized most bottled water was from the tap. If you read the bottle, most say they are from a "municipal source" which should make you realize it's from the local tap. It's not like anyone is trying to trick anybody when it's right on the label in most cases.

They are filtered though an extra step, either through osmosis, ozonation, or a micro filter. So bottled water generally has been more filtered than your tap water if that makes a difference to you.

For the record, I drink bottled water. My tap water tastes like chlorine and the bottled stuff I buy has no taste.

San · 07-22-2009, 01:21 PM

yeah, drink your tap water if you like shit/piss particles in it, along with recycled sewer HIV / cancer clinic waste.

San · 07-22-2009, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mynameisjim

From day one I realized most bottled water was from the tap. If you read the bottle, most say they are from a "municipal source" which should make you realize it's from the local tap.

Stop buying shit water.

Get the water bottled at natural springs (Evian, Perrier, Vittel)

CurrentlySober · 07-22-2009, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by San

Stop buying shit water.

Get the water bottled at natural springs (Evian, Perrier, Vittel)

Read 'Evian' backwards to understand what people who waste money on it are....

borked · 07-22-2009, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by San

Stop buying shit water.

Get the water bottled at natural springs (Evian, Perrier, Vittel)

what, buy French shit???

But yup, I drink spring water a lot - Evian for regular stuff and and Font Picant that is high in bicarbonates when I want to digest a heavy meal. You can taste the salts for sure in Font Picant, and Evian tastes nothing like tap water

San · 07-22-2009, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by borked

what, buy French shit???

But yup, I drink spring water a lot - Evian for regular stuff and and Font Picant that is high in bicarbonates when I want to digest a heavy meal. You can taste the salts for sure in Font Picant, and Evian tastes nothing like tap water

You can buy the water from your local natural wells, I'm sure there are many brands. Beats the shit flavored tap water anyway.

But if you can afford, there really is no match for Evian. Natural water from the Alps mountains, coming from 10,000 years old glacials.

mynameisjim · 07-22-2009, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by San

Stop buying shit water.

Get the water bottled at natural springs (Evian, Perrier, Vittel)

Wait...What?

What part of my post suggests I drink shit water?

borked · 07-22-2009, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by San

You can buy the water from your local natural wells, I'm sure there are many brands. Beats the shit flavored tap water anyway.

But if you can afford, there really is no match for Evian. Natural water from the Alps mountains, coming from 10,000 years old glacials.

I never said Evian wasn't my local natural well

96ukssob · 07-22-2009, 02:07 PM

yum yum!

Boozer · 07-22-2009, 02:09 PM

why not just buy a reverse osmosis system? you can buy them at any home depot or lowes. best money I have ever spent.

who · 07-22-2009, 02:16 PM

I need an eye massage after all that bold.

San · 07-22-2009, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Boozer

why not just buy a reverse osmosis system? you can buy them at any home depot or lowes. best money I have ever spent.

It's still shit.

If you live in a big city, the tap water in your pipes is recycled sewers water that's been running circles countless thousands of times.

Basically people shit, piss, unload all kinds of biohazard wastes in it, then the city just dumps a shitload of chemicals to "clean" it and sends back to your tap again.

media · 07-22-2009, 02:22 PM

Old fucking news.. Surprised more people don't know about this..

Martin · 07-22-2009, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by San

It's still shit.

Was thinking of something else I was looking at.

epitome · 07-22-2009, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by brassmonkey

Our country?s high demand for oil isn?t just due to long commutes.
Most water bottles are composed of a plastic called polyethylene terepthalate (PET). Now, to make PET, you need crude oil. Specifically, 17 million barrels of oil are used in the production of PET water bottles ever year, estimate University of Louisville scientists. No wonder the per ounce cost of bottled water rivals that of gasoline.

I had already known most of what you posted. What I quoted above really made me jaw drop. I realized oil was required, but I had no idea how much oil!

Then we need to think about all of the oil wasted in transporting those bottles.

The next time you're bitching about the price of gas, direct your anger to that dumb ass that refuses to drink good ol' tap water.

17 million barrels is a few days worth of OPEC production.

czarina · 07-22-2009, 02:32 PM

it's all true,... except if you live in Hialeah, Florida, where the water treatment plant had some sort of an issue about 8 years ago and tap water killed 4 or 5 people.

or are in Mexico, ha!

San · 07-22-2009, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin

Reverse Osmosis uses the humidity in the air to produce water.

You're wrong.

Martin · 07-22-2009, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by San

You're wrong.

I know. I was thinking about this thing.

http://www.ecoloblue.com/en/ecoloblue

07-22-2009, 12:26 PM	#1
brassmonkey Pay It Forward Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Yo Mama House Posts: 77,238	The Truth About Bottled Water Imagine you?ve just been given a choice: You have to drink from one of two containers. One container is a cup from your own kitchen, and it contains a product that has passed strict state, federal and local guidelines for cleanliness and quality. Oh, and it?s free. The second container comes from a manufacturing plant somewhere, and its contents?while seemingly identical to your first choice?have not been subjected to the same strict national and local standards. It costs approximately four times more than gasoline. These products both look and taste nearly identical. Which do you choose? If you chose beverage A, congratulations: You just saved yourself a whole lot of money, and, perhaps, even contaminants, too. But if you picked beverage B, then you?ll be spending hundreds of unnecessary dollars on bottled water this year. Sure, bottled water is convenient, trendy, and may well be just as pure as what comes out of your tap. But it?s hardly a smart investment for your pocketbook, your body or our planet. Eat This, Not That! decided to take a closer look at what?s behind the pristine images and elegant-sounding names printed on those bottles. You may actually be drinking tap water. Case in point: Dasani, a Coca-Cola product. Despite its exotic-sounding name, Dasani is simply purified tap water that?s had minerals added back in. For example, if your Dasani water was bottled at the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Philadelphia, you?re drinking Philly tap water. But it?s not the only brand of water that relies on city pipes to provide its product. About 25 percent of all bottled water is taken from municipal water sources, including Pepsi?s Aquafina. Bottled water isn?t always pure. Scan the labels of the leading brands and you see variations on the words ?pure? and ?natural? and ?pristine? over and over again. And when a Cornell University marketing class studied consumer perceptions of bottled water, they found that people thought it was cleaner, with less bacteria. But that may not actually be true. For example, in a 4-year review that included the testing of 1,000 bottles of water, the Natural Resources Defense Council?one the country?s most ardent environmental crusaders?found that ?about 22 percent of the brands we tested contained, in at least one sample, chemical contaminants at levels above strict state health limits.? It?s not clear where the plastic container ends and the drink begins. Turns out, when certain plastics are heated at a high temperature, chemicals from the plastics may leach into container?s contents. So there?s been a flurry of speculation recently as to whether the amounts of these chemicals are actually harmful, and whether this is even a concern when it comes to water bottles?which aren?t likely to be placed in boiling water or even a microwave. While the jury is still out on realistic health ramifications, it seems that, yes, small amounts of chemicals from PET water bottles such as antimony?a semi-metal that?s thought to be toxic in large doses?can accumulate the longer bottled water is stored in a hot environment. Which, of course, is probably a good reason to avoid storing bottled water in your garage for six months?or better yet, to just reach for tap instead. Our country?s high demand for oil isn?t just due to long commutes. Most water bottles are composed of a plastic called polyethylene terepthalate (PET). Now, to make PET, you need crude oil. Specifically, 17 million barrels of oil are used in the production of PET water bottles ever year, estimate University of Louisville scientists. No wonder the per ounce cost of bottled water rivals that of gasoline. What?s more, 86 percent of 30 billion PET water bottles sold annually are tossed in the trash, instead of being recycled, according to data from the Container Recycling Institute. That?s a lot of waste?waste that will outlive you, your children, and your children?s children. You see, PET bottles take 400 to 1000 years to degrade. Which begs the question: If our current rate of consumption continues, where will we put all of this discarded plastic? __________________ TRUMP 2025 KEKAW!!! - The Laken Riley Act Is Law! DACA ENDED - SUPPORT AZ HCR 2060 52R - email: brassballz-at-techie.com

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kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	Where I live the store near me has a kiosk that lets you fill your own water. It has a filter system in it and you can get five gallons for $1.75. I have a water dispenser in my house so every few weeks I go down and fill up my two big 5 gallon containers. I'm sure the water isn't pure, but it tastes good and the water that comes out of my faucet tastes like dirt so I'll happily pay $3-$5 a month to have good tasting water, plus the filtering system this thing has in it seems like it is pretty good.

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mynameisjim Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,985	These articles pop up every now and then and I never understand it. From day one I realized most bottled water was from the tap. If you read the bottle, most say they are from a "municipal source" which should make you realize it's from the local tap. It's not like anyone is trying to trick anybody when it's right on the label in most cases. They are filtered though an extra step, either through osmosis, ozonation, or a micro filter. So bottled water generally has been more filtered than your tap water if that makes a difference to you. For the record, I drink bottled water. My tap water tastes like chlorine and the bottled stuff I buy has no taste. __________________ jim (at) amateursconvert . com Amateurs Convert Last edited by mynameisjim; 07-22-2009 at 01:19 PM..

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