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True. I consider quite a bit of the stuff in beauty product ads (particularly skin creams and shampoo/conditioners) to skirt the line awfully closely as well.
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We don't drink our tap water. It's absolutely horrid stuff. My husband, who has a much more sensitive nose, is convinced that lately it smells like raw chicken. *shudder* It is not healthy stuff. Not only is there way too much chlorine in it, sometimes they send out notices about how there's too much of something in the water by standards, but it's really nothing to worry about because the standards are so low anyway. Uh... no thanks!
I drink my mother's tap water, though. She lives 2 1/2 hours away. I guess her city just does a better job of treating the water.
But at home, we buy 3 liters of Deer Park, in the clear plastic jugs. The frosted plastic jugs end up tasting like plastic. Ick. But the clear plastic doesn't cause that problem.
I really don't care that America supposedly has spectacular tap water--MY town certainly doesn't.
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Our tap in the kitchen for some reason tastes okay (but we still filter it) but the other day my daughter brought me a drink from the bathroom sink-- it tasted like BLEACH! *gag*
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I live in Fort Worth. Can anyone tell me if it's normal for your tap water to smell like mud or standing water, and is it normal for it to get really potent when it rains? (Our water is river water.) I don't drink it because the flavor makes me gag. It tastes really...umm...dirty.
Never drink gross water again. I honestly used to scoff at Tiffany when she claimed her water was better then what I was drinking, I had to eat my words (or drink them in this case.)
It was worth every dollar getting one.
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I don't know anything about Forth Worth water, but in several regions the flavor and scent of algae or sediment from the water source will survive the filtration and treatment process. This doesn't mean the water isn't clean, just that it's not very tasty. A charcoal filter like the Brita stuff at Walmart would probably help.
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Yeah, I have a Brita pitcher and tap filter. Absolutely love it. Clean water without the chemicle taste.
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quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: Of the three countries in the world that use the most bottled water, the US, China and Mexico, we're number one, and we're also the only one of those three that has a completely safe tap water system of water.
Personally, I wouldn't call a water system that has frequent boil warnings "completely safe." And since my water system is part of the United States, by extension the United States does not have a completely safe tap water system.
I refuse to drink the local tap water anymore. I can't be running to the post office to see if it's safe every time I want to get a drink.
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Our tap water is fine, but we still filter it through our refrigerator. We also have a water softening system in our house, that is nice since I have such dry skin.
I do still buy bottled water when I am out and need something to drink.
When I lived in Texas while in High School, the water was yellow and smelled of sulfur. It was disgusting.
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At work, the drinking fountains are not drinkable. They always taste funny. Even letting it run for a little while doesn't work. The water is still brown. I filled my dog's water dish with drinking fountain once and was disgusted by the layer of dirt that settled on the bottom. He wouldn't drink it. So, I got to do the snobby pouring bottled water for the dog thing.
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I can barely stand bottled water. I think it tastes horrible. I only drink it when I have no other choice. I lived in France for 2 years and drank tap water the whole time. Didn't have any adverse reactions. *twitch*
I do second the Brita thing, though. That just tastes good.
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Disney World has some of the worst water on the planet. Is that because they want you to buy bottled water?
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I favour the Brita filter, especially since I've moved to a place that has hard water. I grew up not very far from what locals hold up as the best public water in Canada, and our water was not much worse than theirs. The notion of having so much stuff in this water really kind of disturbs me.
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