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return2ozma@lemmy.worldBanned from community to News@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Stop drinking bottled water: Experts warn of health and climate impacts

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Stop drinking bottled water: Experts warn of health and climate impacts

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The reliance on bottled water results in significant health, financial and environmental costs, experts say
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    Well, you can get water out of your tap, so there’s an easy alternative. Use a filter if your tap water is iffy.

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      A lot of people can’t get safe drinking water out of their tap. A lot of people, just in the US. That’s a lot of ongoing costs for filters. Where there’s municipal water, that water should already be safe to drink.

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      Not everyone has reliably safe tap water. Remember Flint?

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        And the Bay Area as the article warns about.

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          The article says that cancer causing chemicals were found in bottled water in the Bay Area, not tap water.

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            Article said the bottled water was tap water. And the tap water in the Bay Area had cancer causing chemicals.

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      what is a water storage alternative?

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        If your tap doesn’t work, large refillable bottles. In the US, there are services that deliver them and some grocery stores offer it.

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          They are, strangely, more expensive than large multipacks of water bottles. Even with bottle return discounts.

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            That’s the part people like to forget. The cost

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        25l water tanks with tap water and/or forklift water tanks.

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