Must be Something in the Water
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 02.16.06
March 22 is World Water Day, and given how many Treehugger writers are all wet about the stuff, we thought we would make it a focus in the weeks leading up to it. The New York Times did a big article today on bottled water so it might be a good place to start- the first of a flood of posts where we will go deep.
Actually, Not.
Much of the times article is based on the Earth Policy Institute report we covered here, but they also did a taste test of bottled vs municipal water, and guess what won- Dasani, the bottled tap water from Coca-Cola. Why? "It was described as "sweet but fresh," and other mostly adoring adjectives. Jim Shepherd, Dasani's group director of research and development, says that Coca-Cola tested Dasani in hundreds of focus groups until it hit on a markedly crisp quality, achieved by adding magnesium sulfate, potassium chloride and sodium chloride to purified municipal water." ie- do what the fast food joints do- fill it with salt. Read more at ::New York TImes
Recent posts on water: ::Lifting the Lid, ::What a Waste and ::Dozens More
I can't drink anything with sulfates in it (sdulfate/sulfite intolerance). No wonder I avoid this stuff like the plague....
Natural Spring waters aren't 'pure' to begin with. Pure Distilled water does odd things to the salts present in ones own body. So mineral additives are't necessarily bad. And if municipal water is purified with minerals it's not so bad...not natural, but not necessarily harmful.
There is mineral water, table water, distilled water and tap water.
Mineral water comes pure from the ground, some contain more minerals due the surrounding other less. Some have a high amount that they can not be sold over the counter, in some countries.
Distilled water is like steam water, has no minerals. Should not be consumed as it can take minerals out of the body.
Table Water, is tap water only modified. Quality controlled.
Tap Water, comes from the tap. Quality can vary depending on location/region.
your all crazy water is suppose to flush minerals and WAIST from the body you replenish it by eating and i trust water from a local spring rather then from a tap thats been recycled from raw sewage
your all crazy water is suppose to flush minerals and WAIST from the body you replenish it by eating and i trust water from a local spring rather then from a tap thats been recycled from raw sewage
is dasani water distilled water?