quote:Originally posted by Kindred_Spirit:
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Tap water has minerals in it that bottled water doesn't... it also has chemicals in it too, to kill the bacteria.. but so does bottled water... there was one company in California that had UNACCEPTABLE levels of arsenic in their bottled water (some was OK, but they had too much)... and somewhere up north they fined them for using TAP water with about 1/8th of an Alka Seltzer put into it and sold it as REAL SPRING WATER...
Bottled water, UNLESS you know the makers, are just rip off artists according to the news... they KNOW people are going to buy it, all they have to do is MAKE the bottles and lids, the rest is pure profit.
Which is WHY, PPM of bacteria, the Tn River is probably OK to swim in, but like Nash said, take a bath shortly afterwards. McFarland has bathrooms to wash up in.[/QUOTE]
Did you know that Gail Norton (Interior Department) was on her way to a meeting to argue for her boss (Bush) that Arsnic in drinking water was ok, on the morning of 9/11 .
Bush was fighting for the mining companies interest to continue polluting the drinking water of some Western Cities and allow even higher levels in the water.
9/11 caused the meeting to be canceled, and our country went in another direction.
The issue to legally allow more arsnic in drinking water was dropped.
