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Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
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Lettuce and water
On 26 Nov 2018, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes wrote
(in iganews.com>):
> On 26 Nov 2018, Pamela wrote
> (in article >):
>
> > On 18:40 22 Nov 2018,
wrote in
> > news
> >
> > > On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 graham wrote:
> > > >
> > > > A US woman on the CBC this morning pointed out that bottled water is
> > > > 96% water and 4% plastic. Lettuce is 96% water and 4% cellulose etc.
> > > > Therefore, not only are square miles of good agricultural land being
> > > > wasted but also all that fuel used to transport "water" across the
> > > > country in refrigerated containers.
> > >
> > > Do you know what else is 4% water and 4% cellulose... your pinhead.
> > > Bottled water is bottled very local to where it's marketed, from
> > > someone's hose bib... not transported more than perhaps fifty miles
> > > and is NOT refrigersated. Do you know who else is a pinhead, all
> > > those who buy bottled water at outrageous prices so they can pollute
> > > the planet with mega-tons of plastic. And there's nothing special
> > > about bottled water, it's only filtered for particulates like sand...
> > > bottled water is no better than what comes from your municipal water
> > > source... you'd do better to use your own tap water passed through a
> > > paper coffee filter. All those cartridge type filters marketed are no
> > > different than cheapo aquarium filters... you can actually buy
> > > yourself a five gallon glass aquarium and an aquarium filter filled
> > > with some glasswool and activated charcoal and make your own much
> > > better than bottled water from your own tap water.
> >
> > >
> > > If your municipal water is chlorinated simply let it sit for a couple
> > > three days and the chlorine will evaporate, same as is done with
> > > aquarium water.
> >
> > Oh yeah. How practical is that.
>
> You can buy filters for your mains water.
>
> Some are not expensive and quite easy to fit. All you have to do is replace
> the filter cartridge every few months.
>
>
https://www.screwfix.com/p/bwt-water-filter-
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Lets try a better link to one
https://www.uk-water-filters.co.uk/o...er_filter.html
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