fans of tapwater

[kickureface]

i want to switch, since its cheaper and more convenient.
but safe? i have seen many articles saying it is safe, but straight from the sink? like bathroom sink is drinkable water too?

articles like these raise concern:
http://www.ewg.org/tapwater/findings.php


any input?

 

[speakeasy]

i want to switch, since its cheaper and more convenient.
but safe? i have seen many articles saying it is safe, but straight from the sink? like bathroom sink is drinkable water too?

articles like these raise concern:
http://www.ewg.org/tapwater/findings.php


any input?

Most bottled water comes from municipal sources as well, unless you want to pay a fortune for some bottled water imported from halfway around the world, which is lunacy to me...kinda like selling ice to Eskimos.

Dude just get a good water filter and drink free water from your tap. I drink nothing but tap water at home, no juice, no soda, just tap water.

 

[kickureface]

hmm so you guys believe the filter is necessary?

and espi, wtf jugs are you talking about?

 

[KontrollerX]

LOL, of course its safe.

Also about the filter...

Its safe to drink the water without the filter in most cases.

The filters are usually only put on if your water tastes bad like too salty or metallic or something.

 

[speakeasy]

hmm so you guys believe the filter is necessary?

and espi, wtf jugs are you talking about?

Most restaurants use unfiltered tap water, even decent places and you can taste it.

 

[simon]

Filtered water tastes noticeably cleaner than unfiltered. If you really want everything that could possibly be harmful out of your drinking water, get a reverse osmosis filter.

Kickureface, I think Espi is referring to the type of plastic the jug is made out of. The number is the code used to identify the plastic. Some plastics are safer than others. PETE (1), which is what most plastic bottles are made out of, and other plastics can leach nasty things like phthalates and bisphenol A. San Francisco banned the use of such plastics in baby bottles a while back. Polypropylene (5), HDPE (2) and LDPE (4) are the safer plastics. To be on the safe side I drink mostly out of glass bottles and use polypropylene containers when I need to.

 

[speakeasy]

I have a jug that I just keep reusing over and over. It was oringally a gallon of water I bought from the store. I wonder if that one has the safe plastic?

 

[simon]

Check on the bottom. It should have the resin code somewhere there in a triangle along with the letter code for the plastic.

 

[HandyAndy]

MAN! you guys are fvucking cheap asses, spend 5 dollars on a case of 24 bottles or something, stop being so cheap...

 

[beastmaster79]

drinking only bottled water is insane. its the same **** only its been sitting around in plastic.

buy a nice filter and you'll be set. RO would be sick.

the bottled water companies are also pretty scary in term of their control of water supplies.

 

[HandyAndy]

drinking only bottled water is insane. its the same **** only its been sitting around in plastic.

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[kickureface]

yes, i believe a filter would be a lot better. just for kicks i typed in drink tap water danger all in google and it returned some nasty stuff!
the first link scared me though, the one i already posted. lots of weird **** in the water they tested.

 

[speakeasy]

If you type in anything in google you'll find whatever you want to find.

I'm starting to think most these health scares are just bull****. Even if there are trace amounts of chemicals, there's nothing that says it's going to make you sick.

 

[Obsidian]

You can usually get a gallon of distilled water from Kroger for a dollar or less. That's the best water you can get.

 

[onyx]

I always drink tap water it just tastes like **** when it goes warm when Im carrying it around in a 2 litre bottle haa

 

[(JJ)]

tap waters fine except in mexico haha
plus, why do you think we were built with an immune system?