This thread is a good reminder that I need to drink more water. I'm really good at not drinking.
Tap water in my area is actually really nice. The only time it hasn't been nice is when the taps get congealed with limescale. :
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In terms of water quality and certain additives, I see it as a bit of a non-issue; especially as a person who lives in a first world country with the privilege of having hot and cold running water their entire life. I could understand complaints if I ran a hot tap and out drained some liquid cholera, but as of now my water is clean and not killing me.
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To be honest I am indifferent about it. At home my wife and I drink from the tap and when we are out and about we buy a bottle. I was never too concerned about what the Government deems acceptable to chuck in it, and don't see much reason to be.
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I'm in semi-rural VA and my house gets its water from a well (well, we have a well that connects to the groundwater that goes into the house). Tastes fine to me.
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Every point in that article is easily disproven.
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Whilst I agree that water supply should not be privatized (go go socialism) and there is research available which has mixed results about the effect of high levels of fluoride on children's neurodevelopment in developing countries. I don't need to boil the water for hours. I don't need to use water purification tablets to make the water available to me clean to consume. I'm not shitting myself silly daily. I have access to an indoor toilet and hot running water. To me, the worry about fluoride within the context of Europe/US is trivial. :
I admit that I didn't read the article that you linked to MA. But the tag line states that "Fluoride [is] a key dumbing down ingredient of Prozac". Whilst we understand the neurochemistry at play, there is no concrete consensus of how/why SSRIs (like prozac/fluoxetine) work. So it is quite a leap for anyone to say that fluoride is the key to "dumbing down" in a medication, especially in an article written in 2000, by someone who I am assuming does not hold any level of degree in medicine, chemistry or neuroscience. |
whatever. enjoy your chemical-addled water supply you bunch of cattle.
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You are right, but he is correct, even if he didn't provide the best sources.
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I've found LiveScience is a reliable source. The whole point of water fluoridation is to help prevent tooth decay. Any substance is toxic at a certain level of concentration, and the levels in water are nowhere near that level. You are not test subjects - scientists know the full effects of NaF and have deemed it perfectly safe for drinking. So they lowered the limit. It's the same thing when people go on about how GMOs are bad for you, it's bollocks. How any of us have been drinking water containing NaF our entire lives? :
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NO THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO PACIFY US
FIGHT THE POWER |
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If I'm a cow does that mean you have to put your hand up my arse, MA
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will i? YES CATTLE, ALL OF YOU |
It's gotten to the point where I can't tell if MA is being satirical or not.
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I also linked to the NASA website about climate change but that got ignored. :
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Also I forgot to mention that the water you drink definitely has fluoride in it. Maybe not as much, but it definitely has it. |
In the southwestern states, drinking tap water is like a slow and painful suicide because the water's so hard over here it's guaranteed to give you kidney stones the size of Russia and other health problems. Lotion is a must if you live over here because the water dries out your skin, too.
In the areas I've lived specifically, having a chemical like chlorine in fairly high concentrations or just a really fricken good filtration system is a must, or the water's too dangerous to drink. Most of our main water sources are man made lakes, and the few natural water sources in the area are usually protected because they sustain unique ecosystems, they're located on reserves, or they're owned by someone else. My family has always relied on bottled water, which has slowly been declining in quality over the years (I can drink like 7 bottles of water in a half hour and still be dealthy thirsty), and when we weren't able to constantly afford bottled water, we had a filter tap installed into our sink for about 7 years. Now, to contrast, the tap water in Seattle, Washington was frighteningly soft in comparison, and it didn't have a harsh metallic taste. San Francisco, California, which is in the northern half of that state, had somewhat hard water but it didn't dry out my skin. Refused to drink it, though. |
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Oh yeah, where abouts? I'm in Stockport, so not technically Manchester but close enough.
Yeah we never drink from the hot tap. Always use the kettle. |
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It always takes topics like these to remind myself how terrifyingly close some members of the OWF are to me.
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The closest I can remember anyone here living to me was Pilot, because he lived in Reno, NV iirc and I lived in Las Vegas, NV for the longest time.
Now I think, of the active members, Nate lives closest to me. |
Who drinks sparkling water?
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Weirdos.
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People with no other choice and weirdos.
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