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Cat --great post. Tap water is perfectly fine to drink. I am continually amazed at the folks who whine about the cost of a gallon of gas, who then go out and pay more for the equivalent amount of bottled water. And to think that there's a better than even chance the bottled water came out of a tap at a bottling plant.

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Hello,
I drink tap water all the time but that is ONLY because I live in the mountains of Montana and our water line is directly hooked up to an Artesian water source. There is no contamination when it comes out my spout. Therefore there is no need to add chlorine. A verified poison.

I cannot and will not drink the tap water in town. And here's why:
1) Common Tap water is from a variety of sources, such as lakes, streams, wells, and reservoirs. Obviously, because of the nature of the source, it is heavily contaminated with microbes. Hence, it needs to be treated with chlorine to hopefully kill these microbes. Chlorine is a well known, man made poison. For me personally, if I can smell it and taste it, I don't want to ingest it.

2) Common Tap water also has fluoride added. Many have been conditioned to believe that fluoride is necessary and helpful. But this is not true.
In fact, a few years ago, the CDC received information as to the harm that can be done by fluoride, but would not release the information to the public. A formal complaint was filed. Here is an excerpt of the complaint:
Specifically, CDC has:
• Elected to omit vital information in its information disseminated to the public concerning
vulnerable population groups that are particularly susceptible to harm from fluoride;
• Chosen to ignore its own data showing disproportionate harm by dental fluorosis in minority
populations and has not actively provided this information to these groups;
• Demonstrated a severe ethical lapse in failing to appropriately disseminate its own change in
policy that parents of infants be aware of the risk of dental fluorosis in their children and may wish
to use unfluoridated water to mix their babies’ powdered milk formula;
• Justified fluoridation in terms that mislead Americans into confusing the fundamental concepts of
concentration versus dose. This had led citizens to believe that a low concentration of fluoride in
water cannot result in a harmful dose of the chemical, regardless of volume of water consumed
and other sources of fluoride -- and in this context CDC has also failed to appropriately disclose
that fluoride can accumulate harmfully in the body over time; and
• Misled the public concerning the results of studies about harm from ingested fluoride.

If I had to drink "treated" tap water in town, I would definitely have it filtered to remove all chemicals and contaminates.

I do on occasion buy Crystal Geyser or Arrowhead bottled water when I am out and about and have run out of my own water, because I have researched them and found their water sources as well as filtration and bottling procedures to be impecible.

I don't buy the Smart waters only because I take a rather large handful of supplements on a daily basis and don't need anymore.

Anyway, it's just my humble opinion, but if you are going to just drink plain ole tap water, at least filter it.

Sincerely,
Mellisa McJunkin
Health and Wellness Advocate

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Most people know by now that bottled water isn't ideal for many valid reasons, but before you drink tap water please get the facts first - NOT all tap water is safe, contrary to the claims of some recent online campaigns. Most recently: D.C. had more bad news stemming from the '04 lead-in-the-water crisis, and a town outside of Boston was forced to boil its water after ecoli was detected.

Get the facts:http://bit.ly/olrT7

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