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blawson
on July 6, 2023
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Nearly half of the tap water in the US is contamin...
Does this mean the whole easter seaboard, should consider bottled water instead of tap?
onlyrealcuzzo
on July 6, 2023
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Probably not - according to the city of Chicago - which is one of the giant circles - the levels in the drinking water are safe:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/7/30/22589222/forever-chem...
tourmalinetaco
on July 6, 2023
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Bottled water is typically tap water filled with microplastics, so that’d be worse for you.
purpleblue
on July 6, 2023
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At least in California, if you see a picture of a mountain on the label then it must be from a natural source, it can't be tap water.
nimbleplum40
on July 6, 2023
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That’s probably not going to help you avoid PFAS though. The natural reservoirs are where the contamination is happening.
Xeoncross
on July 6, 2023
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Many are distilled tap, which it's pretty clean (but also lacking natural minerals) before they add the microplastics.
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