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07-09-2008, 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by hobble  Same as you only drink it when really dehydrated in hot countries. | Don't fishies do the naughty bit in the water in hot countries then? I mean,it can be a bit off-putting to know that a bream or roach has just lost its virginity in your tea-pot-water, but a 600lb Nile Perch doing ditto would be a different kettle of fish.........so to speak.
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08-09-2008, 04:33 PM
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has anyone else read the research about horone levels in the tap water recently - i don't like to buy bottled water (and usually buy fruit juice etc if run out of tap) but i'm not sure that in some circumstances its a lot healthier to buy bottled than drink the tap, especially with the levels of oestrogens in tap water continuing to rise...
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08-09-2008, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by forfi Don't fishies do the naughty bit in the water | W. C. Fields said: "Don't drink water, fish make love in it".
He also said: "I lost my corkscrew once. Had to live on food and water for three days!"
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06-11-2008, 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Blackdog Just remember;
EVIAN is NAIVE spelled in reverse...  | One of my pet hates I am afraid because...
It is often shipped ludicrous distances hence pollution from the ships check out Wikipedia 'ship pollution' for some quite appalling statistics. 
The bottle may be recyclable but recycling has a pretty large carbon footprint.
Tap water on the other hand is a local resource that, well comes out of a tap  and goes straight into your glass.... |
06-11-2008, 10:13 AM
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Our tap water tastes vile and I'm sure it was responsible for my sons upset tum. When he was a toddler my son had a constant stomach upset, the gp called it toddler tummy and said there was nothing to do but wait for it to pass. This went on for months until I went back to boiling the water I used for him and his stomach upsets stopped. After that I bought a water filter and you can really taste the difference in the water. |
06-11-2008, 10:49 AM
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Let's not forget that probably _the_ greatest achievement in this country in the last 200 years, has been the supply of clean water to most households.
Bottled water and filters are a current fad. With respect to the use of bottled water, do the users know that bisphenol is used in the production of the plastics used for the bottles? It's use in plastics is ubiquitous - it'll also be a constituent of the filter cartridge and body of a water filter. Bisphenol A - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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06-11-2008, 04:57 PM
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Yes, and that's not all! There's a nicely reasoned examination at Bottled water flies off the shelves, but smart money is on filter systems | By P.W. McRandle, for the Green Guide | Grist | Earthly Possessions | 04 May 2004 - along with some horror stories.
Smething I read a while back but can't find a reference to at the moment is that water in plastic bottles absorbs selenium from the plastic- no problem over the short term but could be nasty for anyone laying down a stock of water - or foodstuffs - in plastic. Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Ford Let's not forget that probably _the_ greatest achievement in this country in the last 200 years, has been the supply of clean water to most households.
Bottled water and filters are a current fad. With respect to the use of bottled water, do the users know that bisphenol is used in the production of the plastics used for the bottles? It's use in plastics is ubiquitous - it'll also be a constituent of the filter cartridge and body of a water filter. Bisphenol A - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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06-11-2008, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott | Looks like it might be interesting, if only it was readable with the near microscopic typeface they use! I've got a 23inch monitor, but have to get within 6 inches to read the text. I gave up in the end!
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06-11-2008, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by wilddawn Our tap water tastes vile and I'm sure it was responsible for my sons upset tum. When he was a toddler my son had a constant stomach upset, the gp called it toddler tummy and said there was nothing to do but wait for it to pass. This went on for months until I went back to boiling the water I used for him and his stomach upsets stopped. After that I bought a water filter and you can really taste the difference in the water. | Hi wild dawn,
I live in lancashire and have to say my tap water is first rate. Have you checked its not something to do with your pipe work.
Im not sure if we get the supply from the same source all over lancashire
regards mark.... |
06-11-2008, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by dunlin Hi wild dawn,
I live in lancashire and have to say my tap water is first rate. Have you checked its not something to do with your pipe work.
Im not sure if we get the supply from the same source all over lancashire
regards mark.... | We used to live in Helmshore, the river at the back of the house was purple and the tap water was badly contaminated with rust (a pint bottle had a 1" sediment), so I think it varies. It was quite a few years ago. |
06-11-2008, 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Meta menardi We used to live in Helmshore, the river at the back of the house was purple and the tap water was badly contaminated with rust (a pint bottle had a 1" sediment), so I think it varies. It was quite a few years ago. | We used to dream about having rust in our water!
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07-11-2008, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Jim Ford Looks like it might be interesting, if only it was readable with the near microscopic typeface they use! I've got a 23inch monitor, but have to get within 6 inches to read the text. I gave up in the end!
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I don't understand that, Jim: it's the very same size font (round about Arial 10) which I use for letters and that is used on this very page that I'm writing now!  |
07-11-2008, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott I don't understand that, Jim: it's the very same size font (round about Arial 10) which I use for letters and that is used on this very page that I'm writing now! | Yes, it's OK with Opera which I'm using at work. Must be an issue with the Firefox I'm using at home. I'll check again.
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07-11-2008, 10:42 AM
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... and let's not forget lead in tapwater. This is still a sizeable problem in the north and west of the countries where tap-water is acidic: DWI - Information Leaflets - Lead in Drinking Water
The water companies are gradually replacing lead supply pipes (with plastic ones ...  ) but a lot of older houses still have lead pipes, at least in part ....
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07-11-2008, 07:22 PM
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All I can say is there must be something drastically wrong with the tap water in my part of the world if they have to add bleach twice a week. The smell as it comes out of the tap is awful. I once left a screw top bottle of the stuff out in the garden, after a few days it turned green.
I now use bought bottled water for drinking and cooking but wouldn't you know it, researchers are warning of the chemical interaction between warmth and sunlight on the plastic of the bottles.
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07-11-2008, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by snowdrop I once left a screw top bottle of the stuff out in the garden, after a few days it turned green. | If algae grow in it after a few days, the water can't have much in it in the way of nasty chemicals!
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02-01-2009, 05:32 AM
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Hi Friend's
I also struggled with deciding if it was serious, but I noticed that when you click on the different flavours of water at the bottom of the page, they all come up with the same flavour ("beef flavoured gutter water"), so came to the conclusion that it was a spoof.
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