31. Posted by rlg235 on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:26 am PST

Really informative. I didn't know all that stuff. They're right some places tap water is really good.

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32. Posted by noobykriegdogmeyer on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:26 am PST

FYI, a person would have to drink about 1000 8 oz glasses of tap water a day for a year to get any type of contamination! If you don't mind the taste, drink tap, it's cheaper, and more friendly to the environment!

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33. Posted by Daniel Chen on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:26 am PST

If you really hate tap water that much, just get a water filter. There's lots of companies that sell filters you can attach to the faucet, or you can use a pitcher. I'm sure that after it's been filtered, tap water is completely indistinguishable.

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34. Posted by Rory A on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:26 am PST

tap water tastes terrible in most places, fluoride can cause slower intellectual functioning, chlorine dries the mucous membranes and some hard minerals are hard on the body... I'll keep my 64 cent a gallon bottled water. Sounded like a political agenda on the evils of plastic anyway......

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35. Posted by -- on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:26 am PST

i live in moscow. the tap water is undrinkable. Even Muscovites acknowldge it. The pipes are old and there's no quality control at all. As usual your reviews only think of life revolving around the good ol' US, centre of the known universe. Enjoy your tap water.

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36. Posted by hopson_erica on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:26 am PST

Bottled Water is just another way to get in our pockets!!!

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37. Posted by ba.victor on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:26 am PST

tap water in lonon is not really tasty

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38. Posted by doc172648 on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:26 am PST

I also drink tap water all the time. I hope the information you have posted here spreads. I will do my part to spread the word. Thanks for the information that I have always know to be true.

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39. Posted by scootie831 on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:26 am PST

I'll drink whatever i want to thank you very much..... :]

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40. Posted by sym on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:27 am PST

Tap water tastes awful, and I don't want the their chemicals. I refill water containers to help avoid the waste and expense. Besides our tap water is so high in sodium that it will kill the plants that I grow so I must buy bottled for them anyway.

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41. Posted by dingo dango on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:27 am PST

It makes me sick to see all the lazy people, restaurants, and businesses NOT recycle. It is your duty to recycle the 60 million water bottles PER DAY that go into the land fills. Think about it folks....21,900,000,000 bottles in the land fill every year! That's criminal! (And that's just water bottles) Maybe when the land fill is in YOUR backyard, you will start thinking about recycling..better yet...get a "Britta"! Shame on you if you don't recycle EVERY bottle you use!

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42. Posted by pnhaselton on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:27 am PST

The water may be tested if you live in an old house the pipes are leaching lead from solder and other delightful things. Also the amount of chlorine varies widely from locale to locale. They should start charging a deposit for the plastic bottles in the places that they don't already do so.

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43. Posted by kanashibari on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:27 am PST

Flouride has been proven to be bad for you and cities are stopping this so how can it be a good point?

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44. Posted by Jake on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:27 am PST

the reason that tap water is tasty is cos it has silocon dioxide in it. but if you notice on a stay-fresh packet (silicon dioxide) the words "DO NOT INGEST" appear. because it is poisonous. and yes, fluoride is in city water. but not the fluoride that is good for you. the fluoride in city water is the fluoride in toothpaste - sodium fluoride - and if yo notice on a toothpaste tube it says "DO NOT INGEST". because it is poisonous. research this stuff and you will find out that you are being poisoned through your city water. and that is why they want you to drink it so.

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45. Posted by Peter M on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:27 am PST

Tap water is not as safe as bottled water. Want proof? Boil a pot of tap water. It will leave a residue. Bottled water does not.

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46. Posted by Creighton C on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:27 am PST

Ew tap water is gross. Bottled water is for fashion. Duh

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47. Posted by evanboucherul on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:27 am PST

Tap water over bottled, no brainer. It's more environmental, afforable, and even healthier.

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48. Posted by Penny E on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:27 am PST

It's tap water for me.

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49. Posted by coloradovet2 on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:27 am PST

In my town we have unique tasting water, that is you need to neek up on it,lol.

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50. Posted by mrs_obrien on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:27 am PST

1. bottled water IS NOT regulated by any government agency, but public tap water is closely regulated. tap water is healthier and bottled water could potentially be worse for you. 2.a lot of bottled water IS tap water

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51. Posted by amnothuman on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:27 am PST

1 pint of bottled water requires 4 pints of water to manufacture. In a water hungry world it doesn;t make sense. If you buy bottled water your buying hype and status for your ego.. give it up.. help the planet.

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52. Posted by bigbarndog on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:27 am PST

one thing that this is always missing from these stories is that there is an alternative. You can still enjoy the benefitts of bottled water with a water cooler and by having 5 gal re-usable bottles delivered. You can fill the stainless steel containers for when you are away from the house, and this eliminates the small plastic bottles from the equation. All the benefits of bottled water, nothing going to a landfill, no energy exoended on profucing the small bottles....this is the real no-brainer

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53. Posted by Sprinkle's on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:27 am PST

My PUR filter works just fine for a fraction of the cost and no plastice bottles to toss.

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54. Posted by singshowtune on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:27 am PST

Tap water is high in chlorine and other chemicals. It does NOT taste better than most bottled water. Filters do not remove all the bad taste. Viva bottled water!!!

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55. Posted by Erik Nanstiel on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:28 am PST

Fluoride in tap hasn't been proven helpful for your teeth. It only helps when applied in higher concentrations directly to your teeth. Fluoride is a toxic byproduct of the aluminum industry... spurious science in the 1940's was conducted to put a positive spin on its toxic nature... so when they discovered it might be beneficial for teeth... they sold the public on including it in tap water. But Fluoride itself is toxic to the body... fortunately it's heavily diluted in the water supply (too diluted to help your teeth)... but it's unfair that our bodies should be the ones processing all this industrial waste. Tap water? Fine, but I'll be filtering mine via reverse osmosis.

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56. Posted by nature is not the enemy on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:28 am PST

Fluoride is good for your teeth, but not the fluoride being put in your tap water. It is a byproduct of the pesticide industry and is extremely toxic, can cause fluoridosis of the bone and is even linked to osteosarcoma. Don't take my word for it, research it. Plus, when you are fluoridating water, you are putting it on your garden, in your birdbath outside, etc. Fluoride is cumulative and starts to build up. This is completely unnecessary! Also, you cannot filter it effectively. Take the fluoride out of my water and I would drink it, but not until then.

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57. Posted by Nathan B on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:28 am PST

Filter your tap water. It's healthier than drinking water from plastic bottles that leech chemicals into the water making it toxic.

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58. Posted by Erika on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:28 am PST

Yes - Good points - people do love to bash bottled water and those of us who consume it. I agree with all the points made in the article, but these apply if you live in the city where you can actually get city water that is highly controlled and tested. I live in the mountains where our well water comes up reddish brown and I'll be dipped in s**t if I'm going to just run through a Brita and chug it down. I'll certainly move to the metal reuse container and buy from a vending machine in town, however, given the terephthalate issues.

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59. Posted by djshua00 on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:28 am PST

i would love to drink tap watter but the watter here smells like bleach or chlorine. and all but one of my house plants that i watter from the tap are dead now the two plants that i watter with Fiji are growing like crazy. I think I'll stick to Fiji. yes i recycle;

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60. Posted by rlg235 on Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 9:28 am PST

I drink tap to too. Idon't notice a big difference.

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