Hmm, closed book exam? Like them . So no links, which is rather unusual for me.
Total mineralisation: 1.4g/l +/-0.6 g/l should cover 60% of Swiss tap water.
Fluoride: There is no added fluoride in Swiss tap water. Some mineral water have a high natural fluoride content like Eptinger. I like S. Pellegrino, which has a 'low' mineral content, AFIK less than 1g/l (closed book ) for its 'foul' taste. But rather like my clean and nice tasting tap water for daily use.
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Just checked my answer from previous post, yes S. Pellegrino has less than 1g/l, and contains lot of sulfur.
Also, I was way too high. Ooops. But looking for information I found this page wasserqualitaet.ch where you can find a lot of information about the water in your commune, also answers the question how hard is my tap water.
Certainly no more times than bottled tap or mineral water. Many millions of years ago when it was created it was drank by dinosaurs who pissed it out. It went through the ground, into rivers then lakes and seas where it evaporated and came down again as rain water where it collected in rivers and lakes and was drank by other dinosaurs who pissed it out etc etc. when men came along they continued the process and we, and other animals are still continuing the process of drinking and peeing.
Where did you think mineral water was coming from, a never ending water factory at the centre of the earth?
At risk of watering down the debate... are we extending this fear of plastic bottles to everything in plastic? so are we avoiding soft drinks, milk, pre packed veg and meat?, tupperware? what about plastic lunch boxes? or restaurants that store food in plastic?
It depends on who you ask. Some people say there are good plastics and bad plastics or not so bad plastics and very bad plastics. Others say all plastics are bad.
And it depends also on what it's used for. And what do we mean by bad? health? the environment? Is is recyclable? How much harm is done when it's produced? Lots of questions, lots of plastic!
I havent seen it here for sale but water in glass is more prevalent in Germany. The pricing starts at 0.08 cents per bottle. (plus a refundable 25 cents deposit) You can buy them in bulk too
The environmental impact of schlepping all that water is another story
After seeing a frightening documentary on the unnecessary pollution caused by transporting huge volumes of water around on the back of trucks when good, fresh water is already piped to these places, I'm wondering how I could dissuade people from buying this stuff in bottles - especially in glass ones which weigh even more.
I have to say that's one of the things that annoys me.
If you want to buy bio stuff from COOP, it comes in plastic wrapping. Which to me is a bit "oxymoronish" and not in the spirit of bio. I think they do it so that people don't *ahem* confuse the two and *cough-cough* accidentally weigh the same fruit/veg using the non-bio price...
How many of you fill up the empty water bottle with tap water and go out with it? Or do you seriously take a new bottle each time???
My kids hate bubble water and love instead going to the fountain and filling their water bottle up there. At least this way, for now, they stay away from fizzy drinks like coke and fanta ect.
Just take tap water, at least you then have a better idea whats in than some geek ripping you off with "better bottled water".
Quite. The plastic in your toothbrush at least gets more use than that of the water bottle. It isn't about not using plastics at all. Rather it is about waste that could be avoided.
Like I said, it depends on what kinds of plastic it is, how it's being used and what it's being used for, what it's being used with etc.
I know that microwaving plastics with your food in it is not a great idea. Keeping water in plastic bottles for months at a time leaches chemicals into the water.
How stabile is the plastic in your toothbrush? I don't know. What is it made out of? Look it up on google. There are wooden toothbrushes.