Bottled water report

6-29-2006 @12:38AM Liz said... does it really matter what other people chose to do with their money? I'm a propel junkie - flavored bottled water, a whole different critter. That being said, I also purchase regular bottled water - why? cuz I live in a place with crappy water - like others were saying. I've lived in places were the tap water was good and didn't have a problem drinking it than but I won't where I currently live.
Not only that, as someone who likes to use all kinds of powdered drink stuff, bottled watter is perfect for that. You take a few sips out, dump in your poweder of choice, shake, drink, and throw in the recycling. Nice, neat easy!!!
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6-29-2006 @12:40AM HAROLD ROMBERG said... JIM IS RIGHT ON ABOUT THE PRICE OF BOTTLED WATER COMPARED TO GAS.
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6-29-2006 @12:46AM monica said... Bottled water is processed through differnet states. Knowing which ones to buy is his own judgement. Buying from a state that isn't surrounded by water is a bad choice, but to buy bottled water that is processed by companies that are surrounded by mountains and fresh water lakes is a good choice. If you want good drinking water read the label first before drinking it, because you can be drinking the hudson river water and is processed in New Jersey.
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6-29-2006 @12:51AM Rose said... I grew up in Hawaii and they tap into artesian water and it was wonderful. Moved to California and couldn't handle the taste or smell of the water out of the faucet. Bathing in it reminds me of being in a swimming pool because of the high content of chlorine (sp?) in it. Fortunately now our property has a well with great water, our friends come to fill up bottles of our water for their consumption. Even my disabled autistic son who needs a home lunch each day is provided with our home well water to drink, as he will not drink the city water. What does he know???Even while he was attending sp. ed. schools I provided him with his own drinking water from home.
Water will eventually be what wars will be about, we will not be fighting for oil, but water. Whoever has the better water will have power over all!
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6-29-2006 @12:52AM margie said... You people are gullible sheep. Bottled water is a rip-off and the bottlers are laughing themselves sick at you putzes all the way to the bank!
I just wish I had thought of it first...I could have hooked the old garden hose up to the bottles and I would have made a fortune!
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6-29-2006 @12:53AM Buster said... Buying bottled water is the same as going to tanning salons. Ignorance is the lack of stupidity. Very few folks, now-a-days, have any common sense!!!!!!!!!!
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6-29-2006 @1:03AM Melvin H Chapman said... People who run around sucking on commercial bottled water with a cell phone in their ear are usually people with vivid imaginations, see flying saucers and buy SUV's because they make THEM feel macho! BEAM ME UP!
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6-29-2006 @1:03AM Chip said... It is funny to think that tap water is just as good as a quality bottled water, when one sees the amount of chlorine and flouride that goes into tap water you should think twice about drinking it. Both of these chemicals are dangerous to the body, expecially over the long term. But hey our Government says it is ok, so I guess it is, cuz they would never lie to us!!!!!!!
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6-29-2006 @1:07AM Jack said... Jim: Stop comparing the cost of bottled water to gasoline, but instead, to soft drinks. Gasoline does not come in 16 oz or 1.5 liter containers...it would cost more than bottled water if it did.

Personally, I don't find the results of this testing of bottled waters at all surprising.

Bottled water sells because the containers are damn convenient.
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6-29-2006 @1:07AM Joe Hyjek said... well water changes with aquafers that flow like rivers deep underground! so then we can be drinking different quality and quantity of minerals, for best mineral cell ready products check out www.eniva.com, use id#137315
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6-29-2006 @1:12AM Theresa said... Unless you've taken a nice cold drink of tap water only to become violently ill...People should think twice before making comments about people are stupid or naive for buying bottled water. I bet that 3 days in the hospital would change your attitude.
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6-29-2006 @1:16AM Joe Hyjek said... Freezing water bottles is not a good idea because it will release toxins from plastic into the water you will drink! just as toxins are released into foods when they are microwaved in plastic wrap or plastic containers, check out www.eniva.com use id#137315 to get more info!
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6-29-2006 @1:17AM Dorothy said... As someone who has lived in several different areas of Florida, I can tell you there is a vast amount of difference in the water in different places! The first Florida water I ever had to drink (and shower in by the way, which still makes me shudder)was sulphur water. You talk about NASTY!!! You could drink it if it was ice cold (and you drank really fast), but smelling HOT sulphur water still makes me gag. Then in north central Florida, we had a deep well in an area of limerock, and it was the best water I've ever had. Now we live in a major metropolitan area and our water often tastes and smells like chlorine. I read recently that we should stay away from SPLENDA sweetner because is has been chlorinated in the manufacturing process. This makes it worse than city water how exactly??? My personal opinion is that if you can "taste" the water, there is a problem.
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6-29-2006 @1:23AM mary said... yall need to quit arguing about stupid stuff like water people have different opinions on how they drink water so let it rest
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6-29-2006 @1:27AM toni said... i had the opportunity to see one of the "springs" that "spring" water comes from. it sure didn't look like water was supposed to. (clay red in color). it changed my mind for good. i'll stick with the tap where the water is transparent and clear, not something that looks like it's been sitting in a swimming pool for a couple of years without maintenance before they dump the chemicals in it to make it "clear and refreshing". c'mon people.... think about what you are putting in your bodies. CHLORINE!!!!!
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6-29-2006 @1:33AM Brandi said... It's the same concept as organically grown foods -- you don't completely eradicate your chances of ingesting a pesticide when you eat organic, you just stack the odds more heavily in your favor, reducing the amount of ingested pesticides in your diet.

Taste is probably the major factor in why people choose bottled over tap, especially in certain metropolitan areas (and some small burgs a la the one mentioned above from "Erin Brockovich"), but even in metro areas where the water runs RELATIVELY clean, there is the additional concern of individual households whose piping may be aged, leaching heavy metals (e.g. LEAD) and other chemicals into the home's water supply.

In addition, several strains of giardia protozoa have been found in relative abundance in tap water and in far greater amounts in well, stream and other "natural" sources of water.

BTW, I was raised on bottled water from birth. My family, until recently, subscribed to Arrowhead, so there was little to no bottle waste from water in our house. Even now, we reuse our bottles as often as we can and recycle those that we don't. As far as cost, we don't buy those little 8-, 16-, 20-, or 32-ounce bottles except in a pinch -- generally, we buy gallon bottles (at no more than $1.69 each AT MOST) to keep in the car so we won't HAVE to buy water that's more expensive than gas.
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6-29-2006 @1:45AM LeighO said... For some poor souls, it`s a status symbal. There`s nothing uglier than a woman sucking on a bottle of water. Please use a glass.
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6-29-2006 @1:50AM Danny said... Why are some of you saying tap water is free...let me know where you live, cause I have a water bill. It's only .69 cents for a gallon where I shop. I probably pay more for a gallon of tap. Bottled water rules! Tap is crap!
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6-29-2006 @1:52AM Scott said... I buy bottled water because I can get more than 30 for under $4-5...plus the tap water here in fl is bleh....also...don't buy dasani....it's just tap water. i have close relatives that work for the FDA...dasani is the worst water..it comes straight from your local river/bay...
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