There are quite a few impurities in tap water although not usually toxic. I remember when I had tastebuds and could taste
pure (distilled or deionised) water but
not Midlands tap water. Presumably the water we're brought up on is our criterion for 'no taste'?
Some water tastes foul - I think of London's in particular - but isn't poisonous - one hopes - simply has lots of salts and chlorine. I would much rather drink Yorkshire water than waste money on buying water. Mineral waters aren't always what they seem. Was it Evian who had to recall a lot becase the bottling process had introduced toluene into the water? Coca Cola corporation had to withdraw Dasani mineral water when someone revealed (a) that it was tap water and (b) that it was polluted. Robin Cook famously said, "They found more dangerous chemicals in Coca-Cola's Dasani mineral water than they did in the whole of Iraq." They still sell it in other countries - presumably out of local tap sources ....
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Originally Posted by Coley  We did this in E'science. Water is the same the world over, H2O, the water cycle confirms this. I think there is probably more impurities in bottled water because it is untreated. I get amazingly cold fresh water from my taps and that's more than what some people can say in this world. A friend told me that in Hawii the people are being deprived of water because someone is bottling it and sending it around the world,  to places that have it on tap already I suppose, that is outragious I sometimes buy bottled water but I always re-fill them then recycle the bottle. I don't think enough people do this though. |