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ki1 said:
jesus. most of you are looking down your noses at people who buy bottled water. as i'm sipping from my cold bottle of ballygowan, i'm going to tell you why i drink bottled water. the irish government puts chemicals in out tap water. and i dont want to drink water with added shit in it. fluoride. i can get in my toothpaste. ireland is the only country in europe where that craps put into the water system by law. so boo hoo. i will still be drinking bottled water. (but i recycle the plastic).

DevilsReject said:

if you even lived near the lakes and heard half the horror stories about what is in the lakes, you'd be weary of even being near the lake, let alone drink the water.

Around Cleveland they shut beaches down because "the lake is too polluted to swim in".

Not exactly something i want to drink.

We have a water filter on our fridge, so the ice and the water feed are filtered.

the main tap we drink out of has a britanic filtration system on it.

ahcoldpizza said:

I actually read an article in the magasine Maisonneuve lately looking at fluoride in municipal water supplies. About how people used to think it was a mind-control conspiracy and a poison and what not. Some lobby groups against it still exist actually.

And it is a poison. Everything in a high enough dose is a poison. But the amount that we put in our tap water isn't enough to be toxic to us humans.

But the amount we put in our tap water IS enough to prevent oral decay. The few cities in North America that don't put fluoride in their water actually have some of the highest rates of oral disease, and those that do have low rates. I don't know the stats on Ireland but I suspect the coorelation exists there too.

The improved oral health also leads to improved general health too. So, it's a no-brainer of a trade-off, I think. Slightly fluoridesque water for better general health of the population.

DevilsReject said:
if you even lived near the lakes and heard half the horror stories about what is in the lakes, you'd be weary of even being near the lake, let alone drink the water.

Around Cleveland they shut beaches down because "the lake is too polluted to swim in".

Not exactly something i want to drink.

We have a water filter on our fridge, so the ice and the water feed are filtered.

the main tap we drink out of has a britanic filtration system on it.

Next up is Coca Cola, specifically for their marketing of Dasani bottled water. Bottled water is one of my favorite scams ever. By favorite, I mean most hated, and by scam, I mean you're a sucker if you buy and drink it. Dasani is way up there at the heights of said bottled water scaminess.

SpectreInTheUK said:

You must live somewhere with good tap water. When I lived in Little Rock I never drank bottled water. Now that I live in england I drink nothing but. The water here is fucking terrible.