tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-433546252501123675.post2181914617259197835..comments2010-08-10T11:53:16.659-07:00Comments on Healthy Mama: What kind of water are you drinking?HealthyMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406069754739947697noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-433546252501123675.post-42358873656815190842010-08-10T11:53:16.659-07:002010-08-10T11:53:16.659-07:00Here's another quote:
"'We know we ar...Here's another quote:<br />"'We know we are being exposed to other people's drugs through our drinking water, and that can't be good,' says Dr. David Carpenter, who directs the Institute for Health and the Environment of the State University of New York at Albany."HealthyMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406069754739947697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-433546252501123675.post-88853445448122155122010-08-10T11:49:23.068-07:002010-08-10T11:49:23.068-07:00I cannot say whether they have better tap water or...I cannot say whether they have better tap water or not. I guess my question would be: they have better tap water when compared to...? Other areas of the country?<br /><br />That may be the case but the AP investigation I got some of this information from didn't make any distinction about areas having better water than others. It talked more about what pharmaceuticals could be found in different water sources across the country and who is testing and who isn't.<br /><br />Here's two quotes from that investigation about upstate NY:<br />"The federal government doesn't require any testing and hasn't set safety limits for drugs in water. Of the 62 major water providers contacted, the drinking water for only 28 was tested. Among the 34 that haven't: Houston, Chicago, Miami, Baltimore, Phoenix, Boston and New York City's Department of Environmental Protection, which delivers water to 9 million people."<br /><br />"The New York state health department and the USGS tested the source of the city's water, upstate. They found trace concentrations of heart medicine, infection fighters, estrogen, anti-convulsants, a mood stabilizer and a tranquilizer."HealthyMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406069754739947697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-433546252501123675.post-31067444788147875692010-08-10T11:43:35.038-07:002010-08-10T11:43:35.038-07:00Interesting to read Kelly. Very proud to live in a...Interesting to read Kelly. Very proud to live in a country in which the quality of the water is of the same quality as bottled water. The water coming out of my tap comes from the same well as which Sourcy water is bottled from.<br />In the Netherlands we believe that quality tapwater is not an luxury, but has to be available to everyone at a low cost. The price of 1 liter bottled water in the store will buy you almost 1000 liters of tapwater at home.<br /><br />No I am not bragging about the Netherlands, you article just opened my eyes again that the things we take for granted are not so normal when you take a good look at it.<br /><br />Thanks for thatAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10625862317050318018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-433546252501123675.post-25626590582402922202010-08-10T04:33:36.065-07:002010-08-10T04:33:36.065-07:00Nice job Kelly! I've stayed away from tap wat...Nice job Kelly! I've stayed away from tap water ever since I was a kid.. I do drink bottled water but certainly not enough of it, in fact I'm completely lacking in my overall consumption. I just had a convo yesterday with a friend who said the Great Lakes region has some of the best tap water in the country though.. any thoughts on that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com