• pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz
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      1 month ago

      Sadly not everyone has great chlorine-free water. One of the most annoying experiences every time I go abroad (for example to Italy)

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        Quite true. Not everyone has lead-free water either. But people whose water is perfectly great do not need to pay for filtered water - especially not in single-use plastic bottles.

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          Absolutely. I’m always drinking tap water at home, we have perfectly clear, chlorine-free, mineral-rich water directly from the mountains. One of my favourite aspects of Austria.

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        I would have been more than happy to drink tap water and have my kids drink tap water.

        We’ve had a couple lead warnings though and I don’t want to fuck with it. They’re going to have a hard enough time with the misfortune of getting my genes. I don’t want to make it even harder for them.

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        Chlorine is the least of my worries.

        After growing up near a superfund/dump site where benzene, toluene, phthalates, etc. were found in the water….I will take the chlorine.

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      Where I live has heavy agriculture and oil industry presence. People here are concerned over pesticides and random chemicals randomly seeping into the water system.

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          They’re shutting down federal testing requirements in the U.S. - a lot of people do need to start thinking about this.

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          The water is tested and 99% of the time it is probably safe to drink. But who knows how much of it you will drink before it is discovered (and then even longer to reveal) that there was an issue with the water.