"Fluoride" is the main ingredient in Prozac? Wow Jesse, I like you for a lot of your political views, but this is like saying table salt is poisonous because it's mostly chlorine.

I'm not saying Prozac or Fluoride are necessarily healthy, but equating the two chemically is hilariously misinformed.

LOL...yay!!

In reply to this comment by NicoleBee:
Dammit Adrian, quit it.

>> ^ButterflyKisses:

Something to consider:
The amount of fluoride in a pea sized blob of toothpaste, is the same as that in a glass of water.You should drink at least 8 glasses of water daily.
If you ingest just one pea-sized blob of fluoridated toothpaste, you are told on the tube to seek immediate medical help.What is the equivalent of 8 blobs doing to you every day?
Also, Tea can have up to 11ppm in it as well.
This being said, I don't drink much tea but I know of many people that make their tea with water directly from the tap and they drink it daily.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?title=Talk:Water_fluoridation


That only goes for crazy countries who put a topical medicine in their water. Where I live, and as far as I know in the rest of the EU there is no fluoridated water, only some chlorine in some countries.

Right Sheppard, we buy filtered water by the 5 gallon jug because we don't care to drink fluoride or chlorine. It actually causes health issues for my family. But this isn't that. This is beyond...

>> ^direpickle:

jwray: Aquafina tastes much more strongly of chlorine than my tap water. And the only states that don't add fluoride to their drinking water have a much higher rate of tooth decay.

Rubbish, plenty of countries that don't fluoridate water or salt have lower rates of tooth decay than us. There isn't even any correlation between water fluoridation and lower tooth decay among populations that regularly use fluoridated toothpaste. EPA admits the entire benefit is posteruptive and topical. There is no reason to ingest a treatment that acts topically.

>> ^direpickle:

And if you're super-terrified of chemicals, what do you think you're ingesting when you're drinking water out of plastic bottles? Haven't you noticed that the water tastes like the plastic?

I actually don't use any plastic bottles. I use glass or stainless steel for a variety of reasons:
1. More durable
2. Easier to clean (primarily due to being permanently very smooth, unlike plastic which is easily scratched)
3. Cheaper in the long run
4. Possible avoidance of BPA and other toxic chemicals that can leech out of plastic.

>> ^direpickle:

Anyway, some bottled water tastes good, but I don't buy it unless there's no free water to be had. But Aquafina and Dasani are just disgusting.

They don't really have any taste at all. I don't know what you're talking about.

jwray: Aquafina tastes much more strongly of chlorine than my tap water. And the only states that don't add fluoride to their drinking water have a much higher rate of tooth decay.

And if you're super-terrified of chemicals, what do you think you're ingesting when you're drinking water out of plastic bottles? Haven't you noticed that the water tastes like the plastic?

Anyway, some bottled water tastes good, but I don't buy it unless there's no free water to be had. But Aquafina and Dasani are just disgusting.

Here's a study referenced off Wikipedia.
I know chlorine evaporates from water pretty quickly. Fluorine and chlorine are both halogens gases and both exist as salts in water so since studies say it doesn't build up I'm guessing something takes fluorine out of the equation like it does for chlorine. Pharmaceuticals on the other hand are complex compounds, not just salts so I think that's why they stick around. I took 2 chemistry classes in college so take that with a grain of salt ;-)

>> ^ButterflyKisses:
This article brings up a good point and raises a few more questions:
How is mass water fluoridation affecting the water table?
Not to mention that studies have shown that we now take in various levels of pharmaceuticals due to waste water recycling. Doesn't this also compound and ever more increase the amount of fluoride in the water as the water is continually recycled and fluoride is continually added? This same water is also used in products like soda pop, fruit juices, etc.
I wonder if any studies of this aspect have been done.
This is a very interesting topic in my opinion because it directly affects us all.

>> ^Matthu:
@Porksandwhich
Oh my god!!! That's disgusting! They would lose track of their water cup and drink from someone elses??? Jesus F. Christ. You can fucking DIE from that.


I mean I understand why it happened, it's windy out and stuff blows away constantly. Or you put your cup in the truck...someone else has the same idea and puts there's too then you can't remember which is yours. Or even if you write on it, it eventually smudges off or becomes unreadable. Bottled water has the same risks, but at least you can kind of carry it with you without it sloshing all over you. And if it falls off equipment and gets ran over, oh well. You drink a lot of liquids when you're outside in near 100 degree heat, sometimes even have to carry extra and buy some ice in the middle of the day. Way more convenient than the water cooler, and cleaner for the most part.

There are so many more polluted and wasteful things a single company does on a daily basis, that making a stink over bottled drinks that individuals have legitimate uses for is kinda.............silly.

They should focus on getting bottles recycled/disposed of better, since it would affect more product containers.


And, a good test for water taste is this. Drink warm or nearly on the verge of being hot water, unboiled, unfiltered. See if you think the bottled stuff tastes better when it's near warm. I know tap water, the chlorine flavoring really shows up when it's not ice cold. I drink warm bottled water often and it doesn't have that in most of the bottled waters I've tried. There has been at least one that tasted of chlorine but can't recall the branding anymore. Makes me kind of sick to my stomach when that chlorine taste is there and is strong enough.

I was raised up north in Canada, I was raised on Well Water.
I've been exposed to that crap some people are forced to endure (smells like eggs, feels like you can't rinse the shampoo from your hair, sometimes has a the red tinge of rust ect.) But the well water we grew up with was clean and pure, no water softener needed.

As well, the house I just sold (moved away from) up north had the best tasting well water I've seen, 100% clear, perfect taste, surpassed all water testing, no colouring ect. We could leave the sprinklers on 24 hours a day and the water would never run low. We were on a "Real" natural spring!

By comparison, My mom is on city tap water and her water sucks, the water tastes & smells like chlorine which they use to purify it. I can't drink that stuff unless it sits in the fridge for a day while the chlorine evaporates out of it.

So don't judge well water out of ignorance. Like everything else in the world, these is good and bad in everything! Trust me, I have very picky taste-buds, I know when the water is gross, and I also know what good water is and the "best I ever had came from a well!" - Quote me on it!

>> ^PHJF:
I would die before drinking well water (even showering is bad enough, the smell is awful) but tap water is great. And I get water with a (free!) lemon slice at restaurants, but only to save money. Lemon slices make any water delectable. Except well water.

I've been to America once, almost 10 years ago, from that time I do remember the tap water in some places to taste quite dirty with a slight chlorine taste.
Where I live tap water is never disinfected with chlorine, only UV and ozone.

The gene pool needs a bit more chlorine. *eia

tiger woods needs christianity like brit hume needs a chlorine enema.

Um, are stingrays happy in heavily chlorinated water? I would think not.

Animals and humans have similar evolutionary backgrounds. This outlines some of the elements in the structure of animals and humans.

Macro Elements
* Calcium (Ca)
* Phosphorous (Ph)
* Magnesium (Mg)
* Sodium (Na)
* Potassium (K)
* Chlorine (Cl)
* Sulfur (S)

Micro Elements
* Iron (Fe)
* Copper (Cu)
* Manganese (Mn)
* Iodine (I)
* Zinc (Zn)
* Selenium (Se)
* Fluorine (Fl)
* Cobolt (Co)
* Molybdenum (Mo)
* Chromium (Cr)

Other Elements (These elements are all toxic at high levels)
* Lead (Pb)
* Nickel (Ni)
* Silicon (Si)
* Vanadium (Vn)

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_role_of_metals_in_human_body

I worked in a water treatment facility when I was younger. After seeing all the shit that was tolerated and allowed to pass through, I definitely filter my water at home.

Where I live now, the water may be perfectly safe but it does have a slight chlorine smell. I use a Pur Ultimate faucet mount and it completely removes the odor. The filters are cheap when you buy them in 6 packs at amazon and they last a lonnng time.

Even in areas where the water is great, it doesn't mean every drop is the same level of purity. Things are allowed to fluctuate between certain levels and sometimes they go on the high end.
That's my 2 cents.