Should You Buy Bottled Water?

Defenders of the planet will tell you to drink water from your spiggot. However, there may be reason enough to purchase bottled spring water which I will explain below.

My vet, who works for an animal hospital, told me that well water is the worst to have and frankly I believe it after our water tested positive for e.coli twice last year. My landlord took care of the problem but I see other things occuring such as calcium buildup on my fish tank and my hot water heater I found out was filled with it.

There are other factors for consuming plain bottled spring water such as flouride. A common additive such as this to the water supply may contribute to developing thyroid disease.

You may also notice that some bottled waters now state that it is flouridated water. So watch out for that when you are choosing and don't forget to recycle the plastic.

What do I think about filtered water? Well, they can certainly be helpful but filtration systems do not eliminate flouride unless you specifically look for that type of system and removing flouride can be costly. You will have to research them on your own but there are ways to do it.

However, if you are looking to remove other types of contaminants check the link below.

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