On 26 Nov 2018, Pamela wrote
(in article >):

> On 18:40 22 Nov 2018, wrote in
> news >
> > On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 graham wrote:
> > >
> > > A US woman on the CBC this morning pointed out that bottled water is
> > > 96% water and 4% plastic. Lettuce is 96% water and 4% cellulose etc.
> > > Therefore, not only are square miles of good agricultural land being
> > > wasted but also all that fuel used to transport "water" across the
> > > country in refrigerated containers.
> >
> > Do you know what else is 4% water and 4% cellulose... your pinhead.
> > Bottled water is bottled very local to where it's marketed, from
> > someone's hose bib... not transported more than perhaps fifty miles
> > and is NOT refrigersated. Do you know who else is a pinhead, all
> > those who buy bottled water at outrageous prices so they can pollute
> > the planet with mega-tons of plastic. And there's nothing special
> > about bottled water, it's only filtered for particulates like sand...
> > bottled water is no better than what comes from your municipal water
> > source... you'd do better to use your own tap water passed through a
> > paper coffee filter. All those cartridge type filters marketed are no
> > different than cheapo aquarium filters... you can actually buy
> > yourself a five gallon glass aquarium and an aquarium filter filled
> > with some glasswool and activated charcoal and make your own much
> > better than bottled water from your own tap water.
>
> >
> > If your municipal water is chlorinated simply let it sit for a couple
> > three days and the chlorine will evaporate, same as is done with
> > aquarium water.
>
> Oh yeah. How practical is that.

You can buy filters for your mains water.

Some are not expensive and quite easy to fit. All you have to do is replace
the filter cartridge every few months.

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