Comments on: Regulation of bottled water: oops

By: TwinMommy

TwinMommy — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:38:39 +0000

We use a reverse osmosis filter with reusable stainless bottles, plus we use our stainless bottles with other beverages we want to take on the go so we avoid using disposable bottles as much as possible.

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Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:03:21 +0000

[...] water. Marion Nestle, a nutrition academic who blogs at Food Politics, writes about the poor regulation of bottled water, both the water itself and the plastics used to contain [...]

By: Jane Lazgin

Jane Lazgin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:35:46 +0000

We in the bottled water industry absolutely should be telling consumers where our water comes from and what’s in it. Nestlé Waters North America brands already do that on our labels and our Web sites. You can see our filtration methods and quality results online, too.

At the recent Congressional hearing, both the GAO report and the FDA pointed out bottled water safety IS regulated- both by the FDA and many states. For another perspective on that Congressional hearing, read Dana Milbank’s July 9 Washington Post column.

It’s so true, as some comments here indicate, that recycling needs to become more convenient and capture all kinds of containers. Water bottles represent less than one-third of one percent of the solid waste stream. But getting them back has real value because reusing plastic means reusing the oil that created it.

Most people drink both bottled water and tap water, depending on what’s available and preferred. That’s evident as well in some of the comments here. 70% of what people drink comes from a package. Having bottled water available gives people an alternative to sweetened caloric drinks.

Research shows bottled water drinkers are actually more supportive than the overall population of additional resources to improve tap water. After all, they’re water drinkers! It’s counterproductive to pit bottled against tapped when people benefit from both.

Jane Lazgin
Corporate Communications
Nestlé Waters North America

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Linkiddy doo dah at 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:58:23 +0000

[...] Bottled water. How do you feel about it? Ripped off? Misled? You should. We got some stainless water bottles earlier this year and they are wonderful — [...]

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This week’s nibbles « Cake & carrots — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:26:29 +0000

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By: Christian

Christian — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:22:57 +0000

Here’s how to solve the not so great taste of tap water due to chlorination. Get some kind of reasonable-sized water bottle (say, buy bottled water, use the water, keep the bottle). Fill with tap water and cap the bottle. Put in the fridge (assuming you like your water cold) and wait. Within a couple of days to a week, most of the chloride will have evaporated and the taste will be much better.

I have a couple of bottles of tap water I keep in the fridge and rotate. When I empty the front one, I refill it and put it in the back. By then, the next one’s ready. Works great for me!

By: ernest Kervel

ernest Kervel — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:23:17 +0000

I have lived in Aruba for 61 years.Many years we were supplied by the government with tap water distilled from seawater and now it is mostly reversed osmose.The water is filtered through a bed of coral rocks, giving the water a tiny bit of coral calcium. Nothing further added. So the tourist coming to this island have the best water coming right out of the tap.However the most ridiculous thing is(and here you see the power of propaganda), that bottled water is still sold in large quantities at absurd hight prices.let us all route for quality drinking water out of the tap making our governments proud, Ernie Kervel- – Aruba

By: Gregory Turco

Gregory Turco — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:13:56 +0000

The problem with bottled water is the freight and expense. It is cheaper to use a filter.

It bothers me that bis-phenol A is in polycarbonate re-useable bottles, and I would never store water in such a bottle. I might use a polycarbonate glass or pitcher though.

By: Well

Well — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:42:42 +0000

There’s one good reason for bottled water: when you go into an eating establishment below the restaurant level, you often CANNOT GET A GLASS OF WATER. If you don’t want to drink soda and don’t feel like juice, you are screwed in these places, so you’re forced to buy bottled water.

By: BKoch

BKoch — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:30:01 +0000

To Janet Camp-

The doctor is an Oncologist. It is his job to know what causes the cancers he treats. His name is Dr. Rose, Kaiser Permamente, South San Francisco. However, I don’t see him talking to you about his expertise unless, of course, you are physician.

Have you heard of genetic predispostions to certain cancers? Please look up the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic anomalies.

While it may be safe to use some chemicals topically, it is not safe to ingest them. Floride falls into this catagory.

I would like to know what your qualifications are to decide what is useful and what is not.