On Fri, 07 May 2010 13:36:34 -0500, Pete C. wrote:

> Goomba wrote:
>>
>> Pete C. wrote:
>>
>>> More interesting was the recommendation to filter tap water, something
>>> that points out the bogus arguments of the anti-bottled water fad
>>> dimwits.
>>
>> Not at all.
>> Some people have this mistaken idea that bottled water is somehow
>> "purer" or better. It may be, it may not be, or it may be no different
>> from tap.
>
> *All* commercial bottled water is purer than tap water. There is no
> bottled water that has toxic Chlorine and fluoride added to it.
>
> Bottled "drinking" water such as the Aquafina and Dasani brands are
> Reverse Osmosis filtered and substantially purer than tap water.
>
> Bottled "Spring" waters will have more trace minerals and whatnot in
> them based on their source spring, but again they do not have toxic
> additives like Chlorine and Fluoride added to them.
>
> There are *no* bottled waters that are simply tap water, as bottled tap
> water would have a shelf life measured in days, not years like the pure
> bottled waters have.
>
> The only truth in anything that the anti bottled water fad dimwits say
> is that federal standards for bottled water are not stringent. This in
> no way means that the industry standards for bottled waters are not
> stringent.

what most of the 'dimwits' object to is the billions of plastic bottles
produced and the absurdity of trucking 'filtered' tap water from one place
to another, *not* the quality of the water.

blake