Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Bottled Water Scam?

I sometimes wonder about this-
"
Tests on leading brands of bottled water turned up a variety of contaminants often found in tap water, according to a study released Wednesday by an environmental advocacy group."
The Fuzz is not thrilled with "City Water", but he will drink it. But he does prefer well water, or spring water. Creek water in the mountains can be good too. But when I read this stuff-
"...
the faulty premise that a contaminant is a health concern "even if it does not exceed the established regulatory limit or no standard has been set.""
And-
"
In some cases, it appears bottled water is no less polluted than tap water..."
Looks like it could be a scam.

3 comments:

The Lazy Iguana said...

Yup. Scam. The tap water is good here. Comes from an underground source and everything.

Anonymous said...

there's a bit deal in NYC about this, right now. I've heard some bottle water cos even bottle right from the tap. :) Bottled water is a waste of energy, esp. when it's getting shipped from somewhere like Fiji!

Jandi for The Fuzz said...

I was in a class with some guys from the water Dept. once. The subject of carcinogens came up, they laughed and said we weren't supposed to talk about it.