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Originally Posted by Eric3237
Before anyone brings it up...I am only talking about the laws concerning bottled water. I am not trying to say how safe I think it is. I think it is safe in general but I think that tap water has a better guarantee of being safe than any one bottle of water.
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It is. I've read comparison studies that show a higher pathogen content in a lot of bottled waters compared to public water. Plus with public water you get the added benefit of floride.
It's interesting the way people think different though and are quick to point out the supposed superiority of their bottled water. Most of it is actually filtered public water anyway. Generally speaking, anything that doesn't say "source" or "spring" on the label is just fancy tap water.
Dasani is a good example...
According to Wikipedia, Coca-Cola uses water from local municipal water supplies, filters it using the process of reverse osmosis and adds trace amounts of minerals, including Magnesium sulfate (Epsom salt), Potassium chloride (a sodium-free substitute for table salt), and common salt.
And then of course, sells it for a buck or two to the "health conscious."