Comments on: Fishtale

By: Jen V.

Jen V. — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:34:47 +0000

I realized that, in writing that last bit about the bottled water, I would elicite such responses. But, what is the solution? I drink lots of sparkling mineral water (habit from living in Europe) and cook with flat bottled water, treated with reverse osmosis technique.
The water here in DC smells. It smells like river water and sometimes runs brown.
Growing up in New England we drank well water, but unless these wells are coming out of deep aquifers, anything can get into them.
There is no method of filtration that I know of that actually removes the chemical toxins, like endrocine disruptors, so this is a lucrative area to jump on if you are some sort of inventor/chemist.
Paying for water is really paying for the technology to treat/package/transport the water. We will see more and more of this as time rolls on I fear as humans are often in love with engineering solutions to problems rather than addressing problems at their root cause.

By: Kim

Kim — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 04:23:00 +0000

Not to mention the leaching that goes with bottled water. Some of those plasticizers are known endocrine disruptors… and the thinner the plastic (more pliable) the more likely there is leaching. I don’t know about you, but I find water in plastic tastes like plastic anyway. Blechh.

That being said, I hear you on being wary. I get water bottled in glass sometimes on weekends as a treat. There are a couple I like. I love how people say “how ridiculous – to spend money on water!” To me, its funny that we have just taken water as a given – automatically there and perfect at the turn of a tap. Why not pay a couple of bucks for some clean water now and then, if not near a fresh water source? If air was tainted with smoke and toxins all the time and we had to wear respirators to leave the house, wouldn’t you splurge for some of that gourmet oxygen at an oxygen bar? I would if I could. How easy some will fork it over for that mandatory three dollar espresso, but water – “idiot!”

Of course, filters are optimum.

We live near a lime quarry and the water in our house leaves a film on everything. I have tried filtering the water with Pur and Britta filters, and even after boiling, there is still a film on the water. I plan to have it tested, but in the meantime, drinking it doesn’t appeal. Maybe lime is good for you, but the film it leaves is grody.

By: Starre

Starre — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 22:49:59 +0000

Yeah, but where is the water in the bottle coming from? Poland Spring comes from a well beside the highway, and bottled water is monitored less than tap water, which is required to be tested by federal and state regs. Don’t assume just cause it’s in a bottle that it’s any better. (And as far as I know, there none of the filters I’ve heard of take out hormones….well water is your best bet, I’d think.