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minus-squareLeeny@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·3 months agoWell, you can get water out of your tap, so there’s an easy alternative. Use a filter if your tap water is iffy.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoNot everyone has reliably safe tap water. Remember Flint?
minus-squareSmoogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoAnd the Bay Area as the article warns about.
minus-squareSolemn@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThe article says that cancer causing chemicals were found in bottled water in the Bay Area, not tap water.
minus-squareSmoogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoArticle said the bottled water was tap water. And the tap water in the Bay Area had cancer causing chemicals.
minus-squaredesktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agowhat is a water storage alternative?
minus-squareusrtrvlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoIf your tap doesn’t work, large refillable bottles. In the US, there are services that deliver them and some grocery stores offer it.
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoThey are, strangely, more expensive than large multipacks of water bottles. Even with bottle return discounts.
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoThat’s the part people like to forget. The cost
Well, you can get water out of your tap, so there’s an easy alternative. Use a filter if your tap water is iffy.
Not everyone has reliably safe tap water. Remember Flint?
And the Bay Area as the article warns about.
The article says that cancer causing chemicals were found in bottled water in the Bay Area, not tap water.
Article said the bottled water was tap water. And the tap water in the Bay Area had cancer causing chemicals.
what is a water storage alternative?
If your tap doesn’t work, large refillable bottles. In the US, there are services that deliver them and some grocery stores offer it.
They are, strangely, more expensive than large multipacks of water bottles. Even with bottle return discounts.
That’s the part people like to forget. The cost