observer Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Why are some of us spending more to buy bottled water, when we all have tap water available? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demelzadoe Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Because enterprising business promoters have led us to believe that bottled water contains more minerals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Settle Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 And they have added to the carbon footprint disaster by bringing water in bottles half way across the planet. Re-use a good bottle and re-fill it from the tap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Because sparkling water doesn't come out of the tap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reader Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 The Warrington tap water (IMO) is not good good for drinking, compared with other areas. We filter all our tap water before drinking or putting in the kettle. I can understand why some people do buy drinking water, but do feel they get ripped off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 I drink tap water all the time and its done me no harm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mort Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 nothing wrong with good ol' corporation pop I drink nothing else at home. The missus wont touch it though :confused: bottled water everywhere in our house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little fella Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Our tap water tastes and smells horrid. So we filter ours. UU would have us belive that it is ok to drink. They do not say it is good to drink. The water in Salford is very nice, at work all the water is filtered. Schools now also provide filtered water for all the children. In fact the company who provides the Water filters has just moved from Latchford to Runcorn. Its cheaper to operate from there. Now isn't that a suprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 It's the sign of the time - we are killing ourselves in more ways than one! [ 23.02.2008, 12:21: Message edited by: Mary ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Taylor Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Not only does our tap water eminate from the River Dee above Chester, where it not only picks up background contamination from many sources, but also runs the risk and has in the past been contamintated by spillages from industrial estates, chemical works and farms. United Unitlties spend megga bucks cleanining it and shoving it down our pipes, they now want to add Flouride to it. Who wants that in their drink? :blitzed: Just think how that will impact the environment, more bottled water and more filtered water will be drunk, so that we can all avoid the consequence of drinking Fluoride. Oh, and did anyone ask you whether you wanted it? :thumbsdown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demelzadoe Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Over here we voted against fluoride in our water, but they are still going ahead and pouring it in. Can anyone explain to me how come fluoride is a known poison, a warning on toothpaste not to swallow, and if children swallow it seek help etc. And yet it gets added to our water supply and it instantly becomes healthy and good for our well being? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Have the Water Companies got shares in the bottled water industry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demelzadoe Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 If only that would be all it was about. I'm rather leaning towards something more sinister. Something about fluoride being used to dumb down the population. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Surely we can't be "dumbed down" any further - one just has to watch the Jerremy Kyle show in the UK, to notice that - reduced to the level of intellect of zombies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 You might find these interesting. www.fluoridealert.org http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7319752042352089988 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brenda Callaghan Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 When I was at the High School on the Causeway, we used to play hockey with La Porte Chemicals, Greenalls Hops, and Gin all wafting over our playings fields. SO whats wrong with a bit of tap water, we lived ith it well enough in the 40's 50's and 60's, possibly 70's. The only time I buy bottled water is when we are being ripped off after security at the airports and we have to buy a bottle with which to take our pills etc. We don't see any water companies complaining about profits going down do we...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demelzadoe Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Scarey stuff Shelley. An accumulative poison foisted upon us even though we voted against it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Originally posted by brenda Callaghan nee Goulden: The only time I buy bottled water is when we are being ripped off after security at the airports and we have to buy a bottle with which to take our pills etc. Yes that is quite disgraceful, I actually think each passenger should be offered one free bottle once they have gone through security.....and to keep the costs down I'm sure companies would sponsor them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 See OfWat has just fined a Water Company ?35million (I think?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Taylor Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 posted by Obs Surely we can't be "dumbed down" any further - one just has to watch the Jerremy Kyle show in the UK, to notice that - reduced to the level of intellect of zombies! I think you mean Bromide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demelzadoe Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 "At the end of the Second World War, the United States Government sent Charles Elliot Perkins, a research worker in chemistry, biochemistry, physiology and pathology, to take charge of the vast Farben chemical plants in Germany. While there, he was told by German chemists of a scheme which had been worked out by them during the war and adopted by the German General Staff. "This scheme was to control the population in any given area through mass medication of drinking water. In this scheme, sodium fluoride occupied a prominent place. "Repeated doses of infinitesimal amounts of fluoride will in time reduce an individual's power to resist domination by slowly poisoning and narcotising a certain area of the brain, and will thus make him submissive to the will of those who wish to govern him. "Both the Germans and the Russians added fluoride to the drinking water of prisoners of war to make them stupid and docile." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Errm, I think Bromide is the stuff fed to soldiers to keep their mind on the job - or perhaps "on the job" is the wrong phrase! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Taylor Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 posted by demeld "Both the Germans and the Russians added fluoride to the drinking water of prisoners of war to make them stupid and docile." But did it stop them reproducing? :scared: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Taylor Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 posted by Obs Errm, I think Bromide is the stuff fed to soldiers to keep their mind on the job - or perhaps "on the job" is the wrong phrase Exactly where I was coming from..?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Perhaps they should put in the beer in the Town Centre pubs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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