Why Tap Water No Longer Smells Like A Pig Pen
Today, scientists, environmentalists and health experts are baffled by the extent to which consumers think bottled water is healthier than tap. They note that public water supplies are more tightly regulated than the springs that supply bottled water company. And one of the most highly-rated waters for taste is New York...
How Can Health Authorities Be SO Wrong About Water?
You have to drink AT LEAST 8, 8 ounce glasses of water … per day. That’s what we were told and coached to do by the people who are supposed to provide “evidence-based” science. This article pubbed in the British Medical Journal (to read it, click here) just adds to the frustration...
Coca-Cola’s Vitamin Water Fails The “Jelly Bean Rule”
See these ads? This is why Coco-Cola is getting sued by the Center For Science In The Public Interest. And, basically, they are getting sued because they fail in something known as “The Jelly Bean Rule”. Jelly bean rule Coca-Cola’s use of health claims (and the word ‘healthy’) violates FDA...
Is YOUR city water over the Chromium 6 limit? Check the city list here.
Remember the Erin Brockovich movie, with Julia Roberts? At issue was that Chromium 6 had gotten into the water supply and was causing rampant cancer. (please forward to anyone drinks tap water) It turns out that many cities have this in their tap water!! Read the entire study by the Environmental Working Group. When...
Food Myths: Water- Tap or Bottled?
Myth: Bottled water is safer than tap water. Reality: Tap water is subject to stricter government standards. Americans gulp down 28.5 gallons of bottled water per capita each year, discarding billions of plastic containers. It’s convenient, sure, but is it healthier than plain old tap water? “There’s no guarantee...
Tap water versus bottled
We always hear about debates over our water. Tap versus bottled … are we leaching plastics from our Nalgene bottled water? … because regulations for bottled water are different from tap water (USDA versus FDA) is one safer than the other? Now we have another worry. The popular weed...
Bottled Water … Tanking?
Get off the bottle. That seems to be the message. Chicago: From 1 January this year, the government of the city of Chicago implemented a five cent tax on bottled water sales to discourage consumers from the product. San Francisco: In 2007, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom also announced...