  Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 1885 Registered: 03-2006 |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200 80309/ap_on_re_us/pharmawater_ i kind of gross that our water is included in this. Glad I drink from the water cooler "office style" | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 11783 Registered: 12-2003 |
quote: Hoping that distillation removes this crap...it is supposed to get rid of chlorine, with its lower boiling point. | ||
Chalu64 Member Username: Chalu64 Post Number: 235 Registered: 08-2005 |
I need to get a water cooler system at home. Any recommends for a company/service? | ||
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 1887 Registered: 03-2006 |
i bought a cooler at target for 60 and buy my jugs at Food Patch on 9 mile in Ferndale | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 4752 Registered: 12-2005 |
Hmm. Suddenly Porta-John's whacky idea about salvaging "human-sourced pharmaceuticals" doesn't sound so whacky anymore. | ||
1953 Member Username: 1953 Post Number: 1552 Registered: 12-2004 |
"the public "doesn't know how to interpret the information" and might be unduly alarmed." | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 1739 Registered: 09-2007 |
What's to interpret? You're not paying for/drinking clean water and should be outraged. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5532 Registered: 10-2003 |
In a completely unrelated note, I wonder why autism rates have been going up so much. | ||
Upinthewoods Member Username: Upinthewoods Post Number: 26 Registered: 12-2007 |
quote: The above is from todays newsletter de obviouso. But seriously folks, If you don't want to act shocked when you here news like this take a few minutes to learn about what your jamming down your pie-hole. In more populated areas of europe they are having this same problem but with goodies like cocaine and amphetamines. On top of all the stuff in the article did you know antibiotics have only like 10-30% absorbtion rate? That means the other 70-90% is flushed down the toilet. I assume most of you passed 8th grade science so I won't go into why having diluted antibiotics in the enviroment is bad. quote: This is another no s_it! For example, Aquafina lists its source as "municipal source" AKA the detroit river. | ||
Hudkina Member Username: Hudkina Post Number: 135 Registered: 12-2004 |
Detroitrise's response is the typical "stupid american" response that the guy in the article was warning about. If you think drinking bottled water is any "safer" you people are silly. In any case, the foods you eat have rat droppings, hair, spit, and other things that you might otherwise consider "disgusting" and it's perfectly legal. Maybe you should stop eating, drinking or breathing. I recommend the first one to all of the idiots who post here.  | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 1740 Registered: 09-2007 |
"Detroitrise's response is the typical "stupid american" response that the guy in the article was warning about." Actually, no. When I said drinking water, I didn't specify rather I meant bottled or tap water. It shows your lack of reading comprehension. However, the article makes it seems as if people like you are too dumb to understand we're not drinking clean water. (Message edited by detroitrise on March 09, 2008) | ||
Rel Member Username: Rel Post Number: 355 Registered: 02-2008 |
Hudkina, While I agree with you that drinking bottled water may not be safer, I have to object to your rudeness. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 4755 Registered: 12-2005 |
Broken_main might chime in on this thread. My understanding is that Detroit water is required to be tested far more often than is bottled water. (Message edited by Jimaz on March 09, 2008) | ||
Thoswolfe Member Username: Thoswolfe Post Number: 34 Registered: 11-2007 |
Dannyv ? (retired water dep't) How often was the water checked? | ||
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 4591 Registered: 10-2003 |
IMO spring water is the best option. Others like Dasani [Coke] and Aquifina [Pepsi] are just treated tap water. I have had Absopure spring water delivered for about 20 years now. I gave up on 'Lake St. Clair crude' back then following yet another major Sarnia chemical spill. Also sprawl in Macomb County had turned the Clinton River into a open untreated sewer every time it rained. The Absopure well is in the Irish Hills, high on the watershed and about as good as can be hoped for although I am sure some agricultural chemicals must be making their way into the aquifers. It is very good tasting and worth the $20-30 a month for that alone. Having a water cooler with cold tasty water is also an incentive to drink it as opposed to pops or coffee. | ||
Hudkina Member Username: Hudkina Post Number: 136 Registered: 12-2004 |
Detroitrise, maybe you should check your own reading comprehension. (Whatever you mean by that...) While the first paragraph was directed towards your comment, the next paragraph was directed towards others who were talking about drinking bottled water. I made no claims about you in particular other than that you're comment is very typical of the average American: That this article states the water we are drinking is unsafe. In reality, our body can easily handle the amount of impurities found in tap water. The amount is insignificant, especially that of pharmaceuticals. To think that this is a "problem" when people in the developing world don't even have access to clean water is actually embarrassing. | ||
Wolverine Member Username: Wolverine Post Number: 433 Registered: 04-2004 |
Whatever is in the water doesn't bother me. I have other things to worry about like the sun shining on me or getting radon poisoning in my basement! Let's face it, if it passes quality standards it's fine. | ||
Dannyv Member Username: Dannyv Post Number: 121 Registered: 08-2007 |
I find it curious that a post I made last night was responded to by Thoswolfe but doesn't show up in this thread. Is there another similarly titled discussion? Thoswolfe, Detroit water is continuously monitored for turbidity and chlorine residual, when chlorine is used. There are monthly tests for chemicals that would be among those listed in the article. I'd like to see how they came to the conclusion that Detroit water is contaminated by these substances and at what level of contamination. | ||
Mtm Member Username: Mtm Post Number: 277 Registered: 06-2006 |
Actually this is somewhat old news. I read an articles years back that the hormones from birth control pills, etc. were causing females to enter puberty and menopause earlier than before. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 2818 Registered: 04-2006 |
Bottom line is that everyone is affected whether you drink bottled water, distilled water or whatever. I'm sure most of you don't bathe in distilled water. I'm sure you don't cook with bottled water. And your Pur filtration system isn't removing the stuff like sex hormones from the water. | ||
Buckrogers313 Member Username: Buckrogers313 Post Number: 1 Registered: 03-2008 |
city water is regulated by the government. Bottled water is not. City water gets tested every hour at plants for things that would harm the public. Also what happens to these plastic bottles when you are done drinking. They have to be processed and this contributes to pollution. | ||
Buckrogers313 Member Username: Buckrogers313 Post Number: 2 Registered: 03-2008 |
Also city water is not distilled because this removes many of the important nutrients that we need. | ||
Broken_main Member Username: Broken_main Post Number: 1513 Registered: 06-2005 |
Ahem... I have took the opportunity read the report by the AP. Please take into consideration that we are one of a few countries that actually has drinkable water. Te quantities of these drugs in the drinking water, if they are in there, are minute. We are talking about I part per trillion to 1 part per quadrillion. I think the entire article is a bit farfetched. Even so they spoke of New York's water not having any drugs in it at all. This is a very active topic. In my readings from the AWWA and the Michigan section of the AWWA these concerns are always being researched and addressed. The state of Michigan, as many know has the largest (20 percent) concentration of fresh water surrounding it. There is a lot of effort being taken to keep the water clean. I don't think there is much need for concern with the AP's report. We have to realize that this is the same water that has been here since the beginning of time. It is up to us to do as much as possible to keep it clean and on my end, we monitor the water at every stage of production and distribution. Excuse me while I go get a glass. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 2819 Registered: 04-2006 |
^No, New York's water hasn't been tested yet. What is scary was this report I was reading about how those miniscule amounts of pharmaceuticals are affecting the food supply... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23 504633/ | ||
Broken_main Member Username: Broken_main Post Number: 1514 Registered: 06-2005 |
I stand corrected. By the way, if anyone needs membership to the AWWA feel free to contact me so I can get you rolling with all of the information that will keep you on top of what is taking place in the water industry. | ||
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 1888 Registered: 03-2006 |
it is front page news here in Chicago |
