A meaningless experiment given that there was no genuine mineral water in the test; it seemed to be little more than a demonstration of the power of suggestion.

We also weren't told the temperature of the samples, nor how long they'd been left standing (the chemical odour from tap water disappears some minutes after it is poured, and the colder it is, the harder it is to taste any impurities).

The point is that most bottled water indeed comes from municipal sources.
Yes, spring water, yada yada.

You can argue against chlorination and fluoridation, but not that Coke's bottling plant is better water than what comes out of your tap.

seeing as how i live in CO, there is no need to drink anything BUT tap water... now, if i lived in CA or something, then sure...

acually the water in canada comes from bc you fuckhead acual spring water

a little confused about 1zin1's comment, seeing as how canada was never mentioned. oh, and "fuckhead" always gets your point across. LOL

1zin1 doesnt know CAlifornia from CAnada, and for some reason he believes "the water in canada" comes from "British Columbia", or maybe he meant "Butthead Canadian"

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Oh, 1zin1 - we may have to keep you around for comic relief LOL. Do you have tourettes?

Gee.

Anyway, did the waiter call the water he had taken the liberty of bringing, "Agua del culo"? That basically is Spanish for "Ass water". Ja ja.

By the way, is it just me, or is the level of commentary getting more, well, hostile lately?

I think dag has the correct treatment for incipient hostility: gentle mockery designed to bring back a better standard of decorum.

I love it.

in fact in the states for a long time bottled water wasn't regulated as closely as tap water, so tap water was safer to drink.

still isn;t regulated... bottled water that is.

Plus, they have recalls on certain bottled products with dangerously high bacertia content. (You could argue the 'boil alerts' but that isn't not that common).

Plus, bottled water doesn't monitor heavy metals, etc.

I can only think North American regulations on "bottled water" must be quite different to EU ones.

NRDC‘s report (1999) points out that as much as 40% of all bottled water comes from a city water system‚ just like tap water. The report also focuses on the fact that 60 to 70% of all bottled water is exempt from FDA‘s bottled water standards‚ because it is bottled and sold within the same state. **Unless the water is transported across state lines‚ there are no federal regulations that govern its quality.**

City tap water can have no confirmed E.coli or fecal coliform bacteria. FDA bottled water rules include no such prohibition (a certain amount of any type of coliform bacteria is allowed in bottled water).
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By law, municipal water supplies must supply its customers a chemical analysis of their water composition.
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In compliance with FDA regulations, bottlers must submit water samples, to either in-house or outside testing labs, to be analyzed for physical, chemical and radiological parameters on an *annual* basis.


Only 25 percent of bottled water comes from municipal sources. The remaining 75 percent of bottled water sold in the U.S. comes from natural underground sources, which include springs and wells.

* Mineral Water - This type of water contains at least 250 parts per million total dissolved solids (TDS). It comes from a source tapped at one or more bore holes or spring, and originates from a geologically and physically protected underground water source. No minerals may be added to this water.

* Purified water - This type of water has been produced by distillation, deionization, reverse osmosis, or other suitable processes. Purified water may also be referred to as "demineralized water." It meets the definition of "purified water" in the United States Pharmacopoeia.

* Sparkling Water - This type of water contains the same amount of carbon dioxide that it had at emergence from the source. The carbon dioxide may be removed and replenished after treatment.

* Spring Water - This type of water comes from an underground formation from which water flows naturally to the Earth's surface.

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Wow - strange, I just realised I went to school with the first guy drinking the water. He's an actor - (I knew him from school plays) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0384069/bio

So - that takes away a bit of his credibility as an impartial taste-tester. I'm calling bullshit on Bullshit.

a Chaminade revealed Charade!

I believe it, Penn is very involved with Cato group, which is a bizarro think tank that likes messing with policy decisions.

Later on they admit the 'experiment' is bullshit, and hardly a basis for opinion. The rest of the episode, however, brings up many of the points in earlier comments. This segment must have been put in purely for entertainment value.

Holy Crap! EntertainmentMajor liked this!

Marketing at its finest. Once again people laughing all the way to the bank. Memphis, TN has some of the best water. Artesian well water.

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The real funny thing is, at least here in germany, tap water is much more healthy than any water from the bottle. And it only costs like 1% of bottle water too.

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