by Gregor 24 Replies latest jw friends
Tap water FTW. It tastes just fine here. We do buy bottled water for convenience when travelling, of course.
It's wild that so many people have been misled into thinking bottled water is so great and tap water is so horrible. Most bottled water comes from municipal sources anyway.
Tap water contains fluoride.....I avoid it at all costs.
sammieswife.
But they also combine with calcium in the teeth to create insoluble salts that resist cavities (which is why it is added to toothpaste).
Fluoride is toxic which is why babies and children under 6 (I believe that's the age) are not to use toothpaste with the stuff in it. Studies are in place now that are examining the link between a lot of neurolgical problems today and the fluoride put in the water supply.
Fluoride in your water goes down your throat - it isn't doing a thing for your teeth as the toxin goes in and you pee it out...that's after it hits all your organs. Direct fluoride to teeth to prevent decay is much different than forcing all people to consume a poison that you have placed in the water supply they need to survive.
sammieswife.
I`ve got well water..You can`t drink it..I have to buy my drinking water......................................OUTLAW
Don't know what the labelling laws are elsewhere but in the UK, bottled water generally comes in two varieties - mineral and 'spring'. Mineral water is bottled at source from natural springs, rivers etc and has to have all the mineral content listed. 'Spring' water, even though it may be labelled as 'bottled at source' - the source may be (often is) bottled from the water mains!
You can remove chlorine from your water by boiling it if you don't want to bother with filters.
Where I live, it isn't safe to drink from wells or springs due to run-off from agricultural land, there are a lot of sheep farms so the problem is a nasty bug called cryptospiridium People who rely on wells and springs for their water supply have to have special filtering and UV treatment systems fitted.
Also for you folks who use the water filters on your taps - please make sure you change them REGULARLY - all the nasties they filter out stay in the filter so its efficiency reduces and gradually goes into reverse - need I say more?!
