Pepsi's "Aquafina" Bottled Water, is Tap Water

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JacqueR — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:39:54 GMT

I agree this headline is misleading. The media goes straight to scare tactics, and leaves out facts. That is so irresponsible. This story doesn't "hold water." Anyone who wants to check this out, please go to the Aquafina website and you can read all about it. www.aquafina.com

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earth angel — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:10:50 GMT

Interesting, however Both Distillation and Reverse Osmosis create ACIDIC WATER THAT IS A POOR HYDRATOR, it also leeches minerals from our body. NOT a good choice for water filtration. Use an "Ionizing Alkalizing" water filtration system that is pH adjustable to create the healthiest water possible...

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BKelley — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:17:24 GMT

In my experience public tap water is not safe. For 4-5 years I suffered from extreme to mild swelling, redness/purplish, burning, heat in the facial mask area because my body could not process or deal with the amount of tap water I was drinking. People from high school did not recognize me a year after graduation and I hadn't gained a pound! The week I switched to bottled water the swelling went down and never came back even close to what it had been. I now supplement mostly with Poland Spring Water, some Aquafina, and the British Berkefield home system. I drink and cook with these waters. As far as the article on Aquafina, its no surprise, Aquafina never claimed to use spring water, but its ozonated, reversis-osmosis filtered etc.....the article is slightly misleading, making Aquafina look worse that it should. My face swells from tap water, but it does not swell from Aquafina, or Poland Spring or British Berkefield. Its terrible to hear about cities not allowing bottled spring water at town events but allowing pop. They should not allow pop and allow spring water. One question I suggest asking is "What is the healthiest option?"

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sam-i-am — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:06:46 GMT

Aguafina is my least concern when it comes to bottled water. Look at the ingredients on Disani, Nestle, and Dannon bottled waters labels. A lot of additives for water. The Nestle's and Dannon both make me feel ill and the Disani leaves a greasy feeling in my mouth. A friend was in a chemistry or biology class doing EMT training with a class project done on local bottled waters. Zephyr Hills water from Florida had some rather nasty looking culture growths. I tend to stay away from ZH brand when in Florida.

George

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energymaster — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:19:26 GMT

Yorik has it backwards, RO water is acidic in ph, not alkaline.

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dr. ken-winston caine — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:53:58 GMT

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AldenDawn — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:34:13 GMT

In 2004 I travelled from Calif.thru Az.,N.Mex,,Tx.,Okla.,Mo.,Io.,Kans.,Nebr.,MN., Dakotas, Mt.,Idaho, Wa., Ore., & back to CA. Tried a variety of bottled waters thruout--only one I could tolerate taste-wise was Ozarkia. The tap water in Lincoln, Nebr. & in Oregon was very palatable & I'm trying to figure out a way to reside permanantly in one or the other state. In the meantime, I'm using a 3-stage PUR filter & storing water in sterilized glass canning jars, using stems of wheat grass for 15 minutes in each glassful (for further purification), just prior to drinking the water. (useage of the wheat grass as per recommendation of Dr. Hulda Regehr Clark,Ph.D.,N.D. of Germany, who has done outstanding work in Bioelectronics and pathogens & toxins.) I found these articles by readers of Dr.Mercola's column very interesting & hope information herein will be helpful to others. Signed, Alden Dawn

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BlaznRaisin — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:15:10 GMT

Distilled water has everything taken out of it. That's good, but it does leave the water acidic. You must bring the pH back up before drinking it. You can do this by adding prill beads that release calcium or magnesium (your choice) back into the water. This takes a few hours. You can test your water at intervals to see how alkaline it is and remove the prill beads when it gets to the pH you want. Save the prill beads for the next batch of water you distill. Not very expensive and reusable because it doesn't take much to remineralize the water. Distilling also leaves the water dead. But so does running it through a pipe or letting it sit in bottles. The very best water you can get is 6-sided water (hexagonal) which is found naturally in snow water. Our cells take in this water with the greatest ease. Did you know that your liver can only process 1/2 cup of water every 30 minutes. When you drink more than that it does not go into your system to give your cells the the opportunity to take it in. Instead the excess gets shuffled to the kidneys. Even then the cells may not take it in if it's not in a matrix it will accept.You can buy a vitalizer that will help your distilled water form into the six sided matrix needed for the best assimilation. This technology looks to me to hold the most promise for giving us the best water. Water that our cells recognize and accept. Read more about it at www.aquatechnology.net/hexagonalwater.html

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GeoffCox — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:26:21 GMT

I, too agree that the article is somewhat misleading because many of the manufacturers use RO. I have been using RO since 2002, and typically, at a new filter change, the solid carbon block filters used in the Krystal Pure system remove around 90% of the contaminants in our water including chlorine and flouride (obviously, that changes as contaminants collect on filters - that's what TDS meters are for). That being said, I'm much more comfortable drinking "stripped" water than drinking from the tap. They don't put the "danger" warnings on those chemical containers at the water plant without good reason.

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belshazzar — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 03:05:45 GMT

I am in agreeance with those who want those who market their water under false pretences to be more diligent about what it is exactly they are selling. I see many posts about how much waste the plastic bottles are causing and how we need more governmental regulation to control such things. Firstly, the government, be it on a city level or a state level would be the last group I would want in charge of anythiing like this as they are the most inefficient of all entities in existance. Secondly, I buy RO water and here is why. After a couple of 25 thousand dollar surgeries to remove kidney stones I found out our public water is loaded with lime and other contaminents. We replace our water heater every two years because they accumulate 2 feet of lime in the bottom and are shot. I prefer to drink RO water and drink supplements to get what I need for minerals and vitamins. And also, our public drinking water is loaded with chlorine...another healthy additive...so my vote is for RO water. How much plastic could have i bought for the 50 thousand dollars spent on surgeries? The plastic, from my perspecitve would have been much cheaper.

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Frogstore — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:44:16 GMT

Listen, this water thing really upsets me. We have recently moved to SC and the tap water here TERRIBLE. It smells just like a pool when the faucet is turned on and it tastes awful. My husband never had any skin problems, but since he has been bathing, etc in this municipal water he has eczema like stuff on his feet and hands. I never had problems like that, but now I don't have a diswasher anymore and I use cloth diapers. So, I have my hands in the water, rinsing all day off and on. MY fingers are breaking out in these very itchy, watery filled pimply things. They break open and my fingers are all cracked. My daughter is scratching her head and my baby itches at her little tushy.

Sorry, guys, with the relocation costs and taking care of the family, we can't do a filtration system or well right now. We are saving what we can to do something about it. At this point we're purchasing spring water in the clear containers to drink. At least it tastes really good. I'm boiling the water before washing the dishes and I wear gloves. It's really ridiculous. Can't wait to fix the problem. Shelley

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Starry — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:35:58 GMT

The main reason I'm writing this is to say that I found out that a type of home water filtration system, which I think comes through various company names and brand names, puts bleach into its system container that is under the sink, in order to keep the container clean -- the type of water filtration I'm talking about is the kind where you have a little black tap on your sink that is the filtered water, I'm not sure what it is called. Anyway, I was getting these intuitions that bleach was in that filtered water, and then later on the guy who services it to change the filters actually told me yes it contains bleach! This is VERY dangerous to our health, yet no one seems to know about this! Anyone know about it besides me? Also, does anyone have any comments about Perrier mineral water - I've started using this, thinking it may be the best bet as far as buying water at the store. I think it's hard to trust ANYTHING in a grocery store nowadays as you can't be sure what's really in it or if it's what it says it is. Anything in a plastic bottle can be harmful to your health as what's in the plastic leaks into your body. I think alot more research needs to be done by everyone about what kind of water is best for your health. The comments herein are all good points and help us to figure it all out. I used to think that even if the bottled water came originally from the tap, if it is being filtered, then what's the problem, and I also would drink Desani as I thought it did taste good; but after reading everyone's comments herein, I doubt that now, because of the comments about problems with RO and with the plastics.

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snellingom — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:38:51 GMT

This makes me laugh because here in Louisville, KY our own water company bottles tap water under the label "Pure Tap." They don't sell it in stores. It is usually available at public events like foot races and Derby Festival events and I heard recently they are delivering cases of it to local homeless shelters during this heatwave. According to them (but should I really trust the water company?) we have some of the cleanest tap water in the country. I'm sure it is chlorinated and I believe it is fluoridated - so not totally ideal - but I have definitely tasted nastier water in other towns. I could be wrong, because I have been drinking it all my life, but it does taste pretty good. I get annoyed when I see families at the grocery loading cases of bottled water into their carts. A filter on the kitchen sink is simple to install and use and doesn't produce so much garbage!

I have a Culligan filter on my drinking water at home, and drink filtered tap water at work. I only buy bottled water when I am out and thirsty. This is rare, because I usually bring water from home but am faced with the same dilemma I have read here - what the heck is the safest container to carry it in!? Sadly, I usually re-use Aquafina bottles, because they have those easy-to-fill wide mouths. I know this is bad, but I don't know what else to do! Nothing tastes as good as cool water from a real glass!

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