bottled water

The cons of bottled water have been featured a lot in the news lately. NPR did quite a bit of coverage on it today:
NPR : The Water Debate Continues: Bottled vs. Tap

My "bottled" water comes out of the well and into bottles that I got somewhere from someone. I don't buy the stuff. I was told a LONG time ago that there are really no regulations on it--they can fill it up from the hose at the plant. On the other hand, your tap water has a boatload of regulations on it.

I have about 6 bottles that i keep refilling with my tap water. The amount of trash these bottles create is astronomical!!

I never thought I would fall for buying bottled water but I did. I think I do it for the convenience more than anything else.

we finally started on the culligan water (big huge bottles), and re-use small bottles for on the go. I don't really mind tap water, but prefer a more pure water if available.

Our dentist, Dr. Ratcliffe, told us that Walton County water does not have enough fluoride for small kids, but does have enough for adults. For whatever reason, fluoride is not added to the tap water here. We drink a combo of tap and bottled, and he recommened fluoride in pills AND rinse) for Kate.

I don't know if bottled waters contain fluoride, but kids need to be getting it somehow.

I bought the Pur flavored system with flavor options. Dylan never drank enough water and wanted juice or milk to just take a pill. It has helped him to drink more water and less sodas, juice or whatever. We also bottle it and that saves money and plastic right there. The only thing is is that it is bulky and I don't like it on the faucet but I'm dealing with it. The pitcher might be the way to go if you're interested in this product.

Our dentist, Dr. Ratcliffe, told us that Walton County water does not have enough fluoride for small kids, but does have enough for adults. For whatever reason, fluoride is not added to the tap water here. We drink a combo of tap and bottled, and he recommened fluoride in pills AND rinse) for Kate.

I don't know if bottled waters contain fluoride, but kids need to be getting it somehow.

I have not thought about the flouride benefit. I thought toothpaste had that in it. do we need extra?

I was raised on well water, so we didn't have flouride in our water (did we?). we had well water here for several years too.

:nono1: ...leave my Ozarka water alone!

I bought the Pur flavored system with flavor options. Dylan never drank enough water and wanted juice or milk to just take a pill. It has helped him to drink more water and less sodas, juice or whatever. We also bottle it and that saves money and plastic right there. The only thing is is that it is bulky and I don't like it on the faucet but I'm dealing with it. The pitcher might be the way to go if you're interested in this product.

I like my PUR pitcher filter. I use it everyday for drinking water, but I wouldn't consider using flavored water, as I enjoy the natural no-flavored water.

I have not thought about the flouride benefit. I thought toothpaste had that in it. do we need extra?

I was raised on well water, so we didn't have flouride in our water (did we?). we had well water here for several years too.

I'm sure there will be some that disagree, but according to the dentist and the doctor, fluoride is very important for children to prevent cavities, and to me, supplementing is an easy way to preserve teeth down the road. Talk to Dr. R--the pills are by prescription only, and our pediatrician was more than happy to help.

I never gave it a thought before moving here- Louisville has excellent tap water, with plenty of fluoride too.

Interesting thought: If kids were drinking water, instead of 3 sodas per day, and brushing their teeth at least twice a day, maybe we wouldn't need so much flouride in our drinking water. :scratch:

I have not thought about the flouride benefit. I thought toothpaste had that in it. do we need extra?

I was raised on well water, so we didn't have flouride in our water (did we?). we had well water here for several years too.

The data demonstrates an inverse relationship between dental caries and flouridation. True, our toothpaste has flouride, but what child enjoys brushing her teeth?

Just as a note, I would encourage anyone drinking well water to have it tested at regular intervals for safety, ESPECIALLY if you are serving it to children.

The data demonstrates an inverse relationship between dental caries and flouridation. True, our toothpaste has flouride, but what child enjoys brushing her teeth?

Just as a note, I would encourage anyone drinking well water to have it tested at regular intervals for safety, ESPECIALLY if you are serving it to children.

spidey gets a good brushing every day by me - and a second half good brushing that he does himself each day. do we need more flouride? and what is the best source? please advise doc!

Just as a note, I would encourage anyone drinking well water to have it tested at regular intervals for safety, ESPECIALLY if you are serving it to children.

What are your reasons for testing the well water? Are you testing for purity, or particular chemicals, iron, minerals, etc?

I started getting the Culligan water. I have one of those dispenser crocks that keeps it at room temp. I just re-use a lot of small bottles. Works well for me. The tap water I have here in SRB smells like sulfur at times.

Our dentist, Dr. Ratcliffe, told us that Walton County water does not have enough fluoride for small kids, but does have enough for adults. For whatever reason, fluoride is not added to the tap water here. We drink a combo of tap and bottled, and he recommened fluoride in pills AND rinse) for Kate.

I don't know if bottled waters contain fluoride, but kids need to be getting it somehow.

There is some debate about a flouride/bone cancer connection. Maybe that's why the county chose to use less flouride. That's why I started drinking bottled water ... well, that and the fact that there are so many chemicals in the water here that when we fill up the Jacuzzi, the water is turquoise.

But I tell ya, just about every time I turn on the TV, someone is talking about how un-green the small bottles of water are in terms of the amount of petroleum products necessary to produce those bottles.

My solution? I have one of those 5-gallon water coolers at home. The bottles are recycled, and I use a reusable container for my individual serving of H2O.

There is some debate about a flouride/bone cancer connection. Maybe that's why the county chose to use less flouride. That's why I started drinking bottled water ... well, that and the fact that there are so many chemicals in the water here that when we fill up the Jacuzzi, the water is turquoise.

But I tell ya, just about every time I turn on the TV, someone is talking about how un-green the small bottles of water are in terms of the amount of petroleum products necessary to produce those bottles.

My solution? I have one of those 5-gallon water coolers at home. The bottles are recycled, and I use a reusable container for my individual serving of H2O.

I was afraid to say this but we stopped getting the fluoride treatments years ago. The dentists we've all had thru the last 10 or so years all agreed that the fluoride "might" be harmful. So who knows. We opted out because there's already so much stuff we ingest. We even use Tom's toothpaste (no fluoride). But there's always something to worry about.

i have a pur filter on our faucet because our city water tastes so nasty. we even buy bags of ice because our ice is gross that is made with city water.

"Always something to worry about" indeed. I've heard the anti-fluoride stuff but my kids (now grown) always had fluoridated water, oh well, sorry guys! ;-)
I knew our Denver tapwater, being run-off from snowmelt in the Rockies, was very good, and that is the one thing I miss.

When we lived in Port St Joe, every other week we'd hear (usually a day too late!) about boil water notices in Gulf or Bay county. We did go through a period of buying bottled water, but I hated the waste, especially since there is absolutely *no* recycling there.
I began boiling drinking water daily, plus I used a Britta pitcher. If we'd stayed, we would have gone Culligan.
Here on Amelia, the water is so incredibly hard that we had to have a special water softener treatment installed, and we have a filter on top of that.

I always was of two minds about this designer-water fetish we've had going on the past 20 years or so.
Drinking plain water is way better than soda.
But if people are going to walk around toting their water, couldn't they re-use a bottle?

8 out of 10 plastic water bottles used in the United States become garbage or end up in a landfill. (Container Recycling Institute)




The energy we waste using bottled water would be enough to power 190,000 homes. But refilling your water bottle from the tap requires no expenditure of energy, and zero waste of resources. (PBS Point of View 2004)




Making all of the bottles for the US requires more than 1.5 million barrels of oil annually. That's enough to fuel 100,000 cars. (Earth Policy Institute)

Use a refillable bottle to make a small change towards a big difference.



I know there is also much debate on plastics in general, including the hard plastics like this Nalgene container, but my filtered tap water goes into one of these.

what's in your water bottle?

klean kanteen

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comprhensive faq

Tootsie-Pediatric fluoride supplementation is based on a sliding scale with age and amount of flouride in the tap water as variables. I am pretty sure your young Jedi should be getting 0.25mg daily (but my books are in storage, so go with whatever Suzy has you on!).

Smiley J-Well water should be monitored for bacteria, protozoa, nitrates and other metals.

Fluoride is one of those things that a small but vocal minority enjoy scaring everyone about, linking it to everything from AIDS to zits. Many good studies have been done that demonstrate the safety of fluoridation.

Miss Kitty-Ozarka was the bottled water of choice in Shreveport. If I remember correctly, it is bottled municipal water from Arkansas (or maybe Missouri).

I grew up drinking only water, milk or juice and we still had tiny little flouride tablets we got (prescription free) from Health & Human services because our well water didn't have enough flouride in it.

I also have consumed quite a few other chemicals (mainly iodine) in my day through well meaning attempts to purify my water while camping. I'm convinced that variety and moderation will keep me safe despite all of the daily scares - if you just try to limit your intake of "fake" food and drink and get fresh air you avoid most fad health concerns.

This was on today's Walton Sun site:

http://story.waltonsun.com/article.display.db.php?a=1786

Avian sued for deceptive practices in selling water

IMHO, bottled water is just another successful attempt by the big corporations to create a dependable income stream.

It's been a long time now since the bottle water market saw the small local companies selling what was actually spring water or mineral water.