On Thursday, April 24, 2014 7:13:34 PM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Gary" > wrote in message ...
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> > Whoever started the bottled water thing years ago was a genius. Fooled
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> > the entire world into thinking that city water was bad, then charging
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> > a fortune for bottled water.
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> > I drink bottled water at work too but I fill my bottle from the tap
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> > each morning. I do own a Britta water filter but I rarely bother. The
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> > ferrets get more of that, just because it's fridge cold.
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> > Here's a mention in my newspaper the other day for "Earth Day" on the
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> > subject:
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> > It's an exact quote, not my opinion, although I do agree.
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> > Myth: Bottled water is better than tap.
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> > Truth: Tap water is clean, safe, convenient, and affordable. Hampton
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> > Roads drinking water (my area) is continuously tested and always meets
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> > of exceeds EPA standards for safe drinking water. Price conscious? You
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> > can fill 1,500 glasses of tap water for about the price of a single
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> > bottle of water.
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> > PS- my dentist also told me that city water that adds a nip of floride
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> > cuts down the amount of cavities in patients very highly. People with
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> > well water or always drinking bottled water have a higher amount of
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> > cavities.
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> > As Marty often says: Just sayin
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> > G.
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> I drink tap water at home here, unless I am sick and then I drink Smart
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> Water. But I haven't always lived where tap water was safe.

A few years back in Walkerton Ontario, a few people died from drinking contaminated tap water.

>On Cape Cod we
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> had Chlordane and jet fuel in our water and no filter will remove those
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> things. I was forced to buy bottled water then. I also didn't like the
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> looks of the water in NY so opted to buy bottled there. Yes, I know they
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> say NY water is the best but we were on a military base and did not have
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> municipal water. All bets are off there.
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> I don't really like filters. Too many times I have run across people who
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> did not change theirs when they should and that's even worse than plain
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> water. I am sure I would fall into that category of forgetting to change.
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> Heh.