[LINK] The true cost of bottled water

[Alan L Tyree]

On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:18:31 +1100
Stewart Fist <stewart_fist at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> Richard writes
> 
> > I have *never* understood the bottled water thing
> 
> 
> Me either.  At one time I use to use the annual cost of bottled water
> and chocolate Easter eggs as a unit of measure of frivolous
> expenditure, much like the Economist uses the Mac hamburger index as
> a measure of exchange rate.

Bottled water - OK. But lay off chocolate Easter eggs!!

> 
> This is about ten years old now, but my research at that time showed
> Australian's paid about $300 million per year for each.
> 
> With the leaching of plasticisers into the water, such bottled water
> is probably a lot more impure and potentially damaging to health than
> tap water.  
> 
> Part of the myth about tap water is that it contains chlorides (as
> does the ocean), rust (which we need to stay healthy) and calcium
> carbonate (which we need for bone structure).
> 
> With the exception of Adelaide we probably have the best and safest
> drinking water in the world.

And bottled water is having a deleterious effect on dental health. Too
many kids not getting their dose of flourides.



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