Bottled water

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/austra lasia/australian-town-bans-bottled-water-17382 87.html

The question we should ask is 'do we in this country really need bottled water also'?

[Playbill]

If you could see and taste the 'safe' water that comes out of my taps you would not have to ask this question.
We are assured it is perfectly safe and drinkable.It may be; but is cloudy and tastes foul. So I will continue buying bottled water that is clear, tastes better and has a label showing what it contains.

[Rollo]

No, we don't actually need bottled water, but why should we not be allowed to have it if we want it?

[DEN53]

I agree Playbill - I buy bottled water and as you state you can see exactly what it contains on the label. Sodium, Nitrate, etc etc etc. Gods knows whats in the stuff that comes out of the tap !!

[Rollo]

Whatever is in tap water we all get our fair share of it if we buy soft drinks, beer, eat processed foods, eat in restaurants etc.

[anotheoldgit]

Perhaps then there is a market for container pure air? We could all walk about then sniffing out of these containers.

[DEN53]

what a good idea oldgit - whose going to be first to take it onto 'Dragons Den' ??????

[ludwig]

They haven't banned bottled water. It's a voluntary ban, which basically amounts to encouraging people to use tap water.

[squarebear]

People have been drinking tap water for years and it doesn't seem to have harmed anyone.

[SeaJayPea]

I've worked in the past in the distribution of this stuff. At this time of year there will be at least 200 full sized artics on the road right now delivering it. There was a time when much of the stuff that comes from France came here by train. A lot of that is trucked in now.

It takes seven litres of water to make the plastic bottle into which you can get one litre of water.

There's a Best Before date on every bottle. On stuff that's been 'filtered through The Alps for thousands of years'! Why's that? Because, and I quote, they're concerned that, over time, some of the plastic in the bottle may leach into the water and prove carcinogenic.

And as for having a label that shows what it contains - er sorry, it should contain WATER. And nothing else.

When the likes of Perrier (once found to contain benzene) were first imported the marketing people tried to tell us that our tap water wasn't pure. It seems that their twaddle was believed by some people. In every blind tasting I've ever seen, tap water comes out as good as, if not better.

Obviously there will be occcasional problems. Cloudiness is normally called by oxygenation. Try leaving it standing for a few moments, if it disappears, it's just small bubbles.

OK rant over

[anotheoldgit]

SeaJayPea

What an excellent rant.
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squarebear

People have been drinking tap water for years and it doesn't seem to have harmed anyone.

Yes and not too long ago it came through lead piping too.

[anotheoldgit]

Bottled water has now become part of the designer trend.

These days it has become almost a common sight in a person's hand as sun glasses upon one's head.

Perhaps it will soon become as naff as Burberry tartan.

[Kromovaracun]

These days it has become almost a common sight in a person's hand as sun glasses upon one's head.

That might be because.... they're... like... I don't know... hot.

[ummmm]

Or thirsty..!!