Stop drinking from plastic water bottles!

[Jowy]

Now only will I continue to consume my delicious Propel Lemon, but I will throw the bottles out of the window of the car.

[Araciel]

the one with all leather interior and big brown baby seal eyes for headlights?

[Disco Potato]

It's not like every single country in the world has drinkable tap water. Go anywhere in Europe and the chances are that you will be encouraged to drink cleaner bottled water.

Same in Asia. Many people in this thread, especially those that claim only idiots drink bottled water, seem to be taking it for granted that their tap water is clean. Bacteria(the harmful kind at least)-free tap water in Pakistan is nonexistent - you either boil, then refrigerate the tap water, or buy big cartons of bottled water, where the water is, at the very least, filtered. The latter is a hell of a lot easier for those who can afford it. I've been constantly drinking Nestle water for about a month now (several litres a day) and haven't gotten sick from it.

Come to some places here; let's see you drink from the tap and still be alive five days later. Bottled water is a necessity for some of us who don't completely wish to die of diarrhoea and stuff

Exactly.

It might be bad for our health to drink from plastic bottles, but in many places, it would be even worse for people's health to not drink from them.

[Lawr]

It tastes different from the water in those gallon bottle-mathingies.

[daggertrepe]

Dasani is the best. I will continue to drink bottled water, despite this thread.

[Psychotic]

I down two large plastic bottles of water a day. Couldn't give a smurf about the damage to the environment, and as for health problems, well christ, everything leads to health problems these days.

[Xaven]

The tap water here is nasty. Yes, it is nasty. You can't tell me otherwise. :P The water from the fridge is worse. It's all so hard.

I drink bottled water because it tastes better. I throw the bottles out afterwards. Man, I surely must be an idiot. I pay for the bottled water in bulk simply because it's more pleasurable to drink. No one in this thread has actually given specifics on the harm of drinking from plastic bottles other than possible bacteria buildup over years. Is it carcinogens you're worried about? Oh please, I'd get skin cancer from the sun before I get cancer from bottled water.

[persephonehermione]

I must admit I drink out of bottles when I buy things, but I also drink out of cartons, surely they are a risk also?

I don't buy water to drink out of plastic bottles...not a big fan of water..............*sniff* *sniff*

But I also don't buy cans as I never drink what's inside of them. With bottles I can put the lid back on, and save for later.

But I don't like tea or coffee, so I don't want to resort to that.

Also when buying glass bottles you run the risk of people smashing them. Harming not only themselves but other animals.

I also only buy the 2litre robinsons squash, and when I go out, buy a small bottle of pop, but thats rare when I do. I aso then re-use that bottle and put squash in it, if I'm going out again.

I have also drunk bottled water though, and have been feeling very ill afterwards. Bad stomach cramps, unrelated to any other reason.

Hmmmmm

Persephone Hermione x

[Rye]

I dunno where you live, but tap water tastes disgusting here, and I will not drink it. I like drinking plastic bottles, and I never met anyone who had a problem with it. Well, I guess there's always someone to whine about some random issue.

[Arathia]

I know that many thinks there's nothing wrong with drinking water from plastic bottles. We don't get seriously sick or anything, but that's just what the doctor said. You won't be as healthy as time passes. That's all.

By the way, if tap water is disgusting, try boiling it first. It won't use as much energy as it did to make the bottle. and you can be sure there's less unhealthy things in it.

[Jowy]

the one with all leather interior and big brown baby seal eyes for headlights?

Yeah! And I'm gonna drive around in that baby at 115 MPH, getting one mile per gallon, suckin' down Quarter-Pounder cheeseburgers from McDonalds in the old-fashioned non-biodegradable Styrofoam container and when I'm done suckin' down those grease-ball burgers, I'm gonna wipe my mouth with the American flag, and I'm gonna toss the Styrofoam containers right out the side, and there ain't a goddamn thing anybody can do about it!

[louby_4eva]

By the way, if tap water is disgusting, try boiling it first. It won't use as much energy as it did to make the bottle. and you can be sure there's less unhealthy things in it.

When I want a drink, I want it now, I don't plan half an hour in advance. Boil the water then have to wait for it to cool down so that I don't get burnt.
Why is drinking out of bottles unhealthy? What is it that's unhealthy?

Smile and Be happy

[Formalhaut]

Tap water doesn't taste very nice, and as for the minenals, the water in the north of england doesn't have something in it (I can't quite remember what it was called) but it gives you stronger teeth.

called Calcium right?

Anyway, I barely drink water anyway, tap water in England, for me tastes bleh. Bottled water tastes alright. Flavoured water is disgusting..

[blackmage_nuke]

I think it was flourine or flouride

[Mirage]

This is stupid. Maybe if water was a limited resource around where I live, but it's not. Quite the opposite, in fact. I've also never gotten sick from bottled water, but I also usually drink carbonated bottled water.

Plastic bottles are recycled anyway, and electricity isn't an issue if people just stop using fossil fuel :p. It's not the bottled water that ruins the earth, it's stupid people using fossil fuel instead of renewable energy sources or nuclear power.