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Water purity - is Evian the best ?

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Bluesky91 · 24/03/2024 08:40

This scary article makes me wonder if we should just switch to bottled water ? Is Evian the best in terms of purity ? Are there any other (cheaper) brands that are as pure?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-tap-contaminated-chemicals-b2514829.html

London tap water contaminated by ‘forever’ chemicals

Samples of tap water were tested from three locations in the capital - Harrow, Heathrow and Battersea

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-tap-contaminated-chemicals-b2514829.html

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KrisAkabusi · 24/03/2024 09:00

Bottled water isn't perfect either
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/01/08/health/bottled-water-nanoplastics-study-wellness

And that's ignoring the environmental effect if shipping all these single-use plastics around the world.

You can't live your life by media health scare stories. Assuming you live in London, you're going to breath much worse pollution every day.

Bottled water packed with nanoplastics, study finds | CNN

Bottled water contains millions of small particles, thousands of which are nanoplastics so tiny they can invade the body’s cells, a study finds.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/01/08/health/bottled-water-nanoplastics-study-wellness

ViewP0intSelfie · 24/03/2024 09:19

All water has minute chemicals in it

You could buy a Brita type water filter to filter your tap water

All UK water has to be of a standard that is drinkable.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 24/03/2024 09:22

What Kris said above. Bottled water is a disaster environmentally.

twohooverwannabe · 24/03/2024 09:24

As they say, Evian is naive backwards

FictionalCharacter · 24/03/2024 09:39

Please don't buy bottled water. It's environmentally disastrous for many reasons, and not healthier. Humans don't need super-pure water anyway.
Water transported in plastic bottles is contaminated with microplastics. The small amounts of contaminants in tap water are no problem. Tap water in this country is very safe and constantly monitored for anything harmful. Tiny amounts of contaminants don't hurt anyone.

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