Is Bottled Water A Scam?

[Poohbear123]

I started buying bottled water after I heard about the number of germs in a sports bottle that can survive running through the dishwasher.

DH thinks bottled water is a waste, so he continues to use the sports bottles. Fine. The kids and I take the store-bought bottles to games and practices. He can deal with the hidden threat in the squirt tip of the sports bottle.

I use Zephryhills or Publix Brand of bottled water, both are fine. I USED to use a Sports bottle, but than heard about the "germs" lingering on the squirt tip, yuck! So, I gave it up, and use bottles now, and ONLY use it one time, throw it away when finished. My water tastes like Chlorine, I hate it so I never drink it out of the faucet.

 

[tiggersmom2]

Yes, that is one suggestion...

The bottom line truth is that ingested fluoride is nothing but a toxin.

If you are brushing twice a day with fluoride toothpaste, then your teeth are NOT lacking in fluoride.

The ADA is the only last hold-out on the fluoride debate. And, now even the ADA is warning that infants should NOT have fluoride. Not even fluoridated water. (IMHO, there is a real problem when our water is treated to the point that it is not safe for our babies.) Why do you think that there is the warning about ingesting toothpaste. The fact is that fluoridated areas show NO decrease in dental caries when compared to non-fluoridated areas. In fact, some studies show quite the opposit, because too much fluoride can result in chalky-brittle teeth.

I have to run right now, but I will PM you a link when I get a minute.

As a dental hygienist I can say that there is so many falsehoods in this post that it is scary! The number one reason that there are less cavities in children is.....flouridated water and I can post many peer reviewed research articles to back that up.

Parents are cautioned against giving babies flouride supplements because of dental flourosis which causes white spots on the teeth.....it DOES NOT cause chalky-brittle teeth, quite the contrary - teeth affected with flourosis are much stronger than normal enamel, they are just mottled.

 

[lisajl]

Those of you that live in an area that have decent tasting tap water, hooray!
Here, it is terrible!! We buy bottled water. I tried tap water again last week at dinner and just about got sick. The smell coming from my glass was terrible! That is why I drink bottled water.