Comments on: Fiji, Evian, Poland Spring

By: Kynthia

Kynthia — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:42:01 +0000

i missed this post originally because it was when i was in the internet void in dublin and amsterdam, so i was mystified when one day tif said “erik doesn’t like water bottles anymore!”
:)

so what about sparkling water that’s in cans or glass bottles?

the transportation damage must still apply, but then that’s an argument against all non-local food, not just water.

right?

By: jacki

jacki — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:16:41 +0000

we filter our water through one of those brita things. that’s better than going through lots of bottles, right? or does the by-product of making brita filters kill baby seals or something?

By: A different Josh

A different Josh — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 01:50:26 +0000

I just want to add that New Yorkers consume more bottled water than anybody else. New York’s tap water is also among the cleanest in the country. My point: People are not particularly rational on this subject. It’s all about consumerism.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:51:27 +0000

Good call, with a BUT. There was a recent time in my life when I lived on bottled water, but it was kind of a special case. It’s easy to forget that in many locales around the world it is not safe to drink tap water. When I was in India, for example, drinking the tap water most definitely would have made me (and other western-worlders) sick. Honestly though, I ended up drinking more beer than anything else as a defense mechanism…alcohol cleans water, right?

By: Siona

Siona — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:41:38 +0000

Also, the health / quality regulations for tap water are better than those for bottled water. Tap water quality is policed by the EPA; bottled water, by the FDA. (Furthermore, the FDA rules don’t apply to bottled water packaged and sold in the same state.)

There’s a good piece on it here; you might want to add the info to your article.