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minus-squareLeeny@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·2 days agoWell, you can get water out of your tap, so there’s an easy alternative. Use a filter if your tap water is iffy.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoNot everyone has reliably safe tap water. Remember Flint?
minus-squareSmoogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoAnd the Bay Area as the article warns about.
minus-squareSolemn@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoThe article says that cancer causing chemicals were found in bottled water in the Bay Area, not tap water.
minus-squareSmoogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoArticle said the bottled water was tap water. And the tap water in the Bay Area had cancer causing chemicals.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoA lot of people can’t get safe drinking water out of their tap. A lot of people, just in the US. That’s a lot of ongoing costs for filters. Where there’s municipal water, that water should already be safe to drink.
Well, you can get water out of your tap, so there’s an easy alternative. Use a filter if your tap water is iffy.
Not everyone has reliably safe tap water. Remember Flint?
And the Bay Area as the article warns about.
The article says that cancer causing chemicals were found in bottled water in the Bay Area, not tap water.
Article said the bottled water was tap water. And the tap water in the Bay Area had cancer causing chemicals.
A lot of people can’t get safe drinking water out of their tap. A lot of people, just in the US. That’s a lot of ongoing costs for filters. Where there’s municipal water, that water should already be safe to drink.