Do you still want to ban bottled spring water, given that tap water is full of drugs?

Question

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_on_re_us/pharmawater_i

Answer 1

Banning bottled spring water, in my opinion, is completely outrageous. However I've never even heard of this ban before, but still, bottled spring water is much cleaner than tap water; bottled water is natural, and contains only as much pollution as we humans put in it. On the other hand, tap water is not only contaminated with all these germs, but it also goes down our sewer drains... why else do you need to filter it before drinking it?

Answer 2

Hes anyone tested the bottled spring water to determine its level of pharmaceuticals? Until that is done, you can't compare the two.

In terms of what is currently tested, most tap water is better than most bottled water, at least in the U.S. I once saw a bottle of water that, according to the label, would not even pass the very lax WHO standards, let alone U.S. standards.

Answer 3

If you're going to post something like this make sure you read the ENTIRE article first, otherwise you are going to sound dumb, like right now.

From the article:

"Even users of bottled water and home filtration systems don't necessarily avoid exposure. Bottlers, some of which simply repackage tap water, do not typically treat or test for pharmaceuticals, according to the industry's main trade group. The same goes for the makers of home filtration systems....

Contamination is not confined to the United States. More than 100 different pharmaceuticals have been detected in lakes, rivers, reservoirs and streams throughout the world. Studies have detected pharmaceuticals in waters throughout Asia, Australia, Canada and Europe — even in Swiss lakes and the North Sea....

In the United States, the problem isn't confined to surface waters. Pharmaceuticals also permeate aquifers deep underground, source of 40 percent of the nation's water supply. Federal scientists who drew water in 24 states from aquifers near contaminant sources such as landfills and animal feed lots found minuscule levels of hormones, antibiotics and other drugs."

So in answer to your question, Yes I do want to ban bottled water.

Answer 4

No. I WANT TO BAN TOILETS. PEOPLE SHOULD PEE OUTSIDE LIKE NATURE INTENDED.

Answer 5

Water is heavy. Bottling it up and shipping it around to your grocery store burns a whole lot more fossil fuel than drinking water treatment plants do. Do you want to trade clean water for dirty air?

Anyway, I question the claim below that bottled spring water is cleaner than tap water. That is clearly what they want you to think, but I'd like to see some proof. I understand that some bottled water comes directly from public water supplies - hey, why get it for free from your tap when you can pay money and create more plastic waste?

Maybe the drugs are more prevalent in tap water, but they are also appearing deep in our aquifers, so eventually they're going to be in that spring water too.

Answer 6

I drink bottled water because the water from my tap tastes funny. I grew up drinking well water so city water dont taste good to me.

Answer 7

Kent M

No.  I would not want to ban bottled spring water as I believe it is the most healthy drink.   Necessary for life and health!

Whatever the drugs or whatever they put in the tap water, I'm not surprised.