Drinking Water

[1tank1]

Fuck bottled water. It's been sitting, soaking in plastic for who knows how long, and you are gonna drink it? All those plastics and nasty chemicals will then get infused into your body and cause endocrine disruption, act as carcinogens, etc.

It's a valid point about plastics and chemical leeching but you're probably referencing BPA and phthalate aren't you.

 

[MFAAS]

It's a valid point about plastics and chemical leeching but you're probably referencing BPA and phthalate aren't you.

Well BPA was banned, but they replaced it with other bispehnols such as BHPF. There's thousands of various chemicals used in these products from plastic water bottles to lotions to receipt paper to nesrly whatever you can think of.

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs), Pollution, Testosterone Levels, Fertility, and the Size of yo' DICK....

We finally have had the alarmist headline: "PENISES ARE SHRINKING BECAUSE OF POLLUTION" Honestly, it is about fucking time! I have been bitching about Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) since I learned about them way back when I was a teenager. Several years later, I remember back when...

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[1tank1]

Well BPA was banned, but they replaced it with other bispehnols such as BHPF. There's thousands of various chemicals used in these products from plastic water bottles to lotions to receipt paper to nesrly whatever you can think of.

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs), Pollution, Testosterone Levels, Fertility, and the Size of yo' DICK....

We finally have had the alarmist headline: "PENISES ARE SHRINKING BECAUSE OF POLLUTION" Honestly, it is about fucking time! I have been bitching about Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) since I learned about them way back when I was a teenager. Several years later, I remember back when...

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BPA isn't banned bro (not in UK anyway). It's still acceptable within certain concentrations and it's still deemed safe for consumption but not for babies/pregnant women. BPA free bottles are available for anyone who wants to go to that extreme level about plastic water bottles but BPA and chems similar are still in a lot of other food packaging anyway such as tin cans, plastic microwave trays/meals, containers, and packed/sealed meat/fish/veg etc etc etc.

 

[Hightower]

Fuck bottled water. It's been sitting, soaking in plastic for who knows how long, and you are gonna drink it? All those plastics and nasty chemicals will then get infused into your body and cause endocrine disruption, act as carcinogens, etc.

Glass bottles are fine, but why? Such a waste.

I have a very nice under sink water filter that I love. But I would drink the tap water without it. I am on a well though and have extremely good water. There's no farms nearby, I'm not getting birth control and antidepressants in my water.

City water vs bottle water? I guess health wise glass bottled water...but no, just get a good filter and filter the city water to get the pharmaceuticals and carcinogens out and you're good to go.

You think plastic bottled water is worse than tap water. As far as I know, water after reverse osmosis is devoid of all minerals, and this is also kind of bad?

 

[MFAAS]

BPA isn't banned bro (not in UK anyway). It's still acceptable within certain concentrations and it's still deemed safe for consumption but not for babies/pregnant women. BPA free bottles are available for anyone who wants to go to that extreme level about plastic water bottles but BPA and chems similar are still in a lot of other food packaging anyway such as tin cans, plastic microwave trays/meals, containers, and packed/sealed meat/fish/veg etc etc etc.

Yeah my bad you are right I forgot it was only for baby products. Most places just voluntarily withdrew it to sooth ignorant people's minds.

I personally take plastic and chemical exposure very seriously and avoid every but that I can. I am almost never exposed to tin cans (except a couple items for cooking), microwave trays, and very rarely would I ever get something in a plastic container. I use glass tupperware for storing everything.

The most common only one for me would be sealed meat, but thankfully it is raw and refrigerated or frozen so that minimizes absorption. Warming plastics up drastically (I believe exponentially) increases the amount chemicals that leach into the food/drink. I don't touch receipts either, I just tell them to throw them away or don't print them at all. I also don't consume artificial colors or flavors.

Yeah. It seems extreme to most. Although its really not that hard once you get used to it. Regardless, I believe it is well worth it! and once you get into the swing of it, it's really not hard at all.

 

[Hightower]

We need to really study the impact of plastic on food and water. Maybe I'm in vain to be so frivolous about this. Live and learn.

 

[DrinkFlintWater]

Cool thread. I’m all for clean tap water myself. Something of a guru you might say

 

[1tank1]

Cool thread. I’m all for clean tap water myself. Something of a guru you might say

Share knowledge bro if you can do it and be unbiased?

 

[Canine]

Well BPA was banned, but they replaced it with other bispehnols such as BHPF.

Yep, other than the banned part, but just because something says BPA free, doesn't objectively mean it's any safer than the same product using BPA. Other compounds with very similar structures, aka other bisphenols, are used to replace BPA. These are less studied in their effects on humans compared to the data we have on BPA. Preliminary data show, that basically this whole family of chemicals are at some levels, mild endocrine disrupters. As much as one can try to avoid plastic similar to what @MFAAS said, plastic is everywhere. Litterally almost all of your food, even if you don't buy it in plastic, cook it in plastic, or store it in plastic yourself, while it was being manufactured it was shipped in plastic, processed on plastic, cooked in plastic, stored in plastic etc. We can't really escape it, not to mention that micro plastics (super tiny fragments of plastic) found nearly everywhere in our environment. On top of that, bio-degradable plastics, aren't any better. All they do is fall apart into smaller peices of plastic, basically more micro plastics, and the plastic molecules themselves never degrade.

 

[VenomYo]

Cool thread. I’m all for clean tap water myself. Something of a guru you might say

lmao

 

[MFAAS]

Yep, other than the banned part, but just because something says BPA free, doesn't objectively mean it's any safer than the same product using BPA. Other compounds with very similar structures, aka other bisphenols, are used to replace BPA. These are less studied in their effects on humans compared to the data we have on BPA. Preliminary data show, that basically this whole family of chemicals are at some levels, mild endocrine disrupters. As much as one can try to avoid plastic similar to what @MFAAS said, plastic is everywhere. Litterally almost all of your food, even if you don't buy it in plastic, cook it in plastic, or store it in plastic yourself, while it was being manufactured it was shipped in plastic, processed on plastic, cooked in plastic, stored in plastic etc. We can't really escape it, not to mention that micro plastics (super tiny fragments of plastic) found nearly everywhere in our environment. On top of that, bio-degradable plastics, aren't any better. All they do is fall apart into smaller peices of plastic, basically more micro plastics, and the plastic molecules themselves never degrade.

If you read the post I linked to it goes into everything you said in extreme detail.

 

[Demondosage]

No, I spend about $70 a month on a water delivery service that brings 5 gallon jugs for our cooler. My wife refuses to drink faucet water or use it to make coffee, I tend to agree that the local water sucks!!

 

[UncleBuns]

I only drink alkaline organic free range water from Whole Foods. I know it's the best, because it costs SO MUCH more than other kinds of water. More expensive = better in all realms of life.

Real talk though, tap water all day every day. The tap water is good where I live, and the price is right.

 

[1tank1]

Interesting...but also alarming/concerning.

Microplastics have been found in air, water, food and now ... human blood

We already knew we ingest microscopic pieces of plastic by eating and breathing, but now research suggests microplastics are in our bloodstream too.

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[Freakmidd]

I drink from the tap... I’m from Canada.

Don’t get me wrong if I’m on the run and need some water I’ll buy a bottle. I usually have some bottles in my fridge too if I have to run out quick. I just don’t see the point in paying for most of my water when our water is good and FREE.

What do you tank?

Not sure what province you're from, but here in Ontario we not only pay for water, but they also tack a sewage charge on water we actually consume..

 

[Freakmidd]

Not into chlorinated water that is contaminated with fluoride and who knows what else..

I buy mine from the local water depot.. reverse osmosis, remineralized alkaline water.

The cleanest tasting water ever.