Tap Water
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These days i am see many companies selling water filter.
Is tap water no more drinkable?
Do u guys use tap filter or other type of filter? -
i drink tap water
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they r just tapping on the paranoia of ppl
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tap water is ok!
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I also drink tap water but after seeing so many filters everywhere, i am lil confuse now. These days they are selling filter for shower tap also.
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i think the most they do is to make the water ions positive or negative
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What's there to filter summore these days in the era of Newater?
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Recycled water will contain some additives which are carcinogenic (cancer causing).
I don't drink too much tap water these days, mostly drink mineral water or filtered tap water (not sure about the amount of filtration though). -
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i boil tap water for consumption
but use tap water to make ice -
tap water's fine.
filter's for business purpose. claiming it's more healthy.
i drink tap water since i knew the existance. lol. -
i drink tap water.
Everyone in NS drink tapwater. -
i still drink tap water..............
actually.......it is safe to drink from tap water but he question is, are the pipes used in hdb flats and other buildings mould proof and so on.... -
in singapore it should be ok lar.
but mi oways boil my water. but sometimes lazy to get a cup and pour, so just drink straight from the tap.
but i dun drink water cooler water...... -
x2 me tooOriginally posted by FireIce:i boil tap water for consumption
but use tap water to make ice -
i dun like the taste of boiled water
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I use a RO filter at home
Funny, I can always taste the difference between 'pure' mineral water & water I can from home.
It must be the chlorine. -
Eh? I think it tastes more clean to meOriginally posted by Deino:i dun like the taste of boiled water
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we drink diamond water de.
insist on the original! -
peeps who buy filters are all s u c k e r s.
ditto for those who oni drink bottled mineral water (which is tap water actually). -
I thought diamond is stone, got water meh ?Originally posted by Hello Kitty:we drink diamond water de.
insist on the original! -
Mineral water, as the name implied contain mineral which may not be absord fully by the body. The extras will go through your kidney which will have to work extra hard. Therefore may not be good for the body as a whole. Anyway, how do we know if the mineral bottled is not direct from the tap ?Originally posted by maurizio13:Recycled water will contain some additives which are carcinogenic (cancer causing).
I don't drink too much tap water these days, mostly drink mineral water or filtered tap water (not sure about the amount of filtration though). -
It's like telling smokers that they will get cancer from smoking, alot of them will shrug it off. I once told my friend that smoking causes cancer, she cited her grandma is a heavy smoker living till 90s. But then again, it depends on how tolerant your body is towards the carcinogen.Originally posted by Sheesh!:peeps who buy filters are all s u c k e r s.
ditto for those who oni drink bottled mineral water (which is tap water actually).
But finally, if there happens to be a health concern, would you rather be the person drinking treated water or mineral water.
Because the amounts of carcinogen is in such small quantities, you will not develop any symptoms from short term exposure. However, if you extend the exposure to afew decades, it could be quite substantial.
Most people cannot directly attribute something that doesn't affect them instantly and directly. If you go to a hawker center and eat contaminated food, you get diarrhea, you can attribute the cause to the unclean hawker food. However if you drink something carcinogenic in small quantities, the symptoms don't develop till 30 years later, you will never link the cause of it to the water you drink unless someone in the scientific community tells you so.
I rather err on the safe side, I don't mind paying abit more for my mineral water.
You are entitled to your own opinions.
Have there been any health-related lawsuits associated with the use of recycled water?
- Panelists are not aware of any health-related lawsuits.
- Volker: Involved in lawsuit filed last year by Great Oaks Water Company against San JoseÂ’s Recycled Water Project because tests conducted by Montgomery Watson showed that the recycled water exceeded drinking water standards. Montgomery Watson found the recycled water had concentrations of NDMA (a known carcinogen) eight times greater than the EPA standard.
Elevated levels of trihalomethane (THMs) were also discovered. Although the San Jose water was proposed for irrigation and cooling purposes only, it was determined that these constituents were likely to contaminate the groundwater aquifer from which San Jose draws its drinking water supply.
I shouldn't be telling you all this, it's causing me more detriment, because if more people drink mineral water, the price of mineral water is going to go up.
Please continue to drink tap water. -
That's why I drink filtered tap water and mineral water.Originally posted by ORIGAMIST:Mineral water, as the name implied contain mineral which may not be absord fully by the body. The extras will go through your kidney which will have to work extra hard. Therefore may not be good for the body as a whole. Anyway, how do we know if the mineral bottled is not direct from the tap ?
I only buy Evian and Aqua Panna. You can taste the difference when you put a glass of each side by side to taste.