Is Bottled Water Better Than Tap?!


Question: Is Bottled Water Better Than Tap!?
Answers:
nothing wrong with tap water, why pay over £1 for water put in a bottle that come from a stream, treated, when you can turn your tap on, fill a cup or glass up for free!. I have been drinking tap water for years, its not diseased or killed me ive just gone 53yrs old!.
People read too much scarey stories about water, all redundant news to entice you to buy their mag, or paper if we spent all our lives believing what others say about water foods wed be dead!.
of thirst or starvation!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Most bottled water is from the tap!. Distilled is the best!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Depends on where you live!.

If you lived in New York, the tap is BETTER than bottled!.

If you live where I live (Las Vegas), the tap could kill you!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Yes!.!.!.!.I do prefer bottled water because I don't want to risk an upset stomach!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

No!. It is no different in terms of quality than tap water, and it has a heavy cost ecologically speaking!. Plus there is new evidence in the scientific community that plastic bottles used for beverages can leak petrochemicals into the fluid inside, which is then ingested by the consumer (you)!. These chemicals can cause health complications, like cancer, later!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Yes!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I'm sure that bottled water is safer, because there can be germs and viruses in regular tap water!.!.!.Although In the U!.S!. the water is pretty clean, but if you travel, I would suggest bottled water!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It depends on where you live!.!.!.

Some cities have "radioactive water!." Others have hard water, and a few have bottled water in their lakes (LOL)!.

I live in Texas, and I actually prefer tap water!. Strange, isn't it!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

Not in my opinion, tap water is very good quality where I live!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

What are you going to do with that bottle once the water is out of it and into you!? I guess all bottled water gets in the bottle by passing through filters made of carbon and/or plastic(derived from crude oil), just like tap water!. The bottle is plastic and most Americans throw it into the waste stream or out the car window!. If any community water supply can kill you as stated earlier, instruct your heirs to sue them!. Water is filtered by successively smaller membranes that block the particulates until only the pure water is passed through in "city water" plants!. Well water is another story!. Some of it is bad!. An in-line filter system at home will do the same thing and you won't spend your money for the plastic bottle, the cost to distribute it, your money to remove it along with the rest of your waste, or your money to deal with the waste you created later!. Can you imagine a person from 1920 transported to this time to find gasoline at 4 bucks a gallon and water at 5-7 bucks a gallon!? Good luck!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Hello

Bottled water is best!. Tap water is mixed with Chlorine and dust of tanks!.

also it depends upon City/Country/Supplier!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It depends on the tap water!. If it's well water it might be very "hard" and it might be contaminated with chemicals!. If you live somewhere like New York City where the water comes in aqueducts from the mountains, it is theoretically mountain spring water, but it has traveled through miles and miles of pipelines where it may have been contaminated or been treated in water plants!. I suggest that you use a brita filter or some other system to filter tap water, and forget the fancy, expensive plastic bottles from the supermarket!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

For me it is!. Tap water tastes horrible!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

A very good afternoon to you Jim, Hope today finds you well!?!? :-)

Did you watch that program a few weeks ago about this,!?!?

It was said that tap water is actually better than bottled water!.!.

Research commissioned by a Swiss-based conservation group indicates that bottled water is often no healthier or safer to drink than tap water!.

The World Wide Fund for Nature argues strongly that bottled water is not only environmentally unfriendly but also a waste of money




The bottled water market is booming

The research by the University of Geneva shows that bottled water sells for up to 1,000 times the price of tap water, but that the quality is often no better!.

In 50% of cases the only difference is that bottled water has added minerals and salts, which do not actually mean the water is healthier!.

Furthermore, some bottled waters are exactly the same standard as tap water, without being as energy efficient!.

Uphill battle

Tap water comes from underground pipes, while the manufacture, distribution and disposal of bottled water requires much more energy and fuel!.

While the WWF does acknowledge that bottled water is generally safer in areas where tap water is contaminated, it says boiling or filtering local water is a cheaper and more sustainable alternative!.

The long-term solution, it argues, is to clean up municipal water supplies!.

But in the meantime, the conservationists are fighting an uphill battle!.

The bottled water market is booming!. It is the fastest growing drinks industry in the world and shows no signs of drying up!.

All my family drink tap water!.The only time i buy bottle water is if im out and need a cool drink!.

?Midnight~Angel?Www@FoodAQ@Com

yes it is better than bottled water!. Bottled water is a money racket!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

both but i prefer bottled waterWww@FoodAQ@Com

yes i believe it is more pureWww@FoodAQ@Com





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