tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120072.post7802125441371201603..comments2023-04-02T10:40:19.357-05:00Comments on CubeZoo: oddities { Bottled WaterPernoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08356847785865077227noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120072.post-33007128263599540052007-07-03T22:53:00.000-05:002007-07-03T22:53:00.000-05:00I also brush my teeth with anti-cavity toothpaste ...I also brush my teeth with anti-cavity toothpaste that contains flouride.Pernoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08356847785865077227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120072.post-51038351056726320522007-07-03T22:09:00.000-05:002007-07-03T22:09:00.000-05:00I should add that filtered water has the same effe...I should add that filtered water has the same effect - removal of fluoride. It is easy to get back - just drink green tea. Green tea is loaded with fluoride.AllThingsSpringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04227492408705138602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120072.post-58557901968284063672007-07-03T21:08:00.000-05:002007-07-03T21:08:00.000-05:00The popularity is also one of the reasons given, a...The popularity is also one of the reasons given, as of late, for a rise in childhood cavities. Bottled water isn't fluoridated. Kids now drink more bottled water than tap water.GeekGoddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430787932114937222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7120072.post-45056022085554452362007-07-03T12:08:00.000-05:002007-07-03T12:08:00.000-05:00I've been refilling bottles with tap water (filter...I've been refilling bottles with tap water (filtered or otherwise), just to have the container. (I like the wide mouth ones) The rare time I buy bottled water now is at the cinema, mostly because I'm trying to get off the carbonated junk they otherwise sell there.<BR/><BR/>Bottled water is a scam, but it gets worse. One of the major pushes in the next few years will likely be the privatization of water services and the expansion of bottled water as an industry. After all, business isn't just going to want that $16 billion a year to disappear. I'm astounded at the marketing behind what is one of the most basic elements of life. Vitaminwater!? Water with protein added!? Seriously, just eat right and drink filtered tap water. Save your money. As population pressures, pollution, and the limited supplies of fresh water come to prominence, you will likely see the cost of water generally go up. The worst of these is imported water, where water has been imported from a continent away. The fuel costs to get it here make it a tremendous waste. This is not to say I want all imported food to go away - even if the need for more local and organic agriculture is paramount in the days ahead for sustainability, I'd still rather not do without my coffee beans from Tanzania, or a bottle of late-harvest Reisling from Germany. But water is just H20, a few minerals, and oxygen. Harvest it locally.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I should point out I'm posting this on a computer whose CPU required hundreds of gallons of some of the purest water in the world (the stuff most clean rooms would use is bilge as far as Intel is concerned).AllThingsSpringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04227492408705138602noreply@blogger.com