I ran into this on the way to TR this morning.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_sc/impure_bottled_water
Apparently bottled water branded by Wal-Mart and Sams Club does not even meet California standards.
Originally I thought this was another BS article trying to get people to drink tap more. I have seen them before with claims that bottled water was not any different. This gives more pause for thought on it, even if it isnt the brand(s) that I use.
Now I am curious as to tap water with a filter such as the Brita filter (I use this when cooking, boiling it first). When cooking without boiling, I still use bottled water.
“The study’s lab tests on 10 brands of bottled water detected 38 chemicals including bacteria, caffeine, the pain reliever acetaminophen, fertilizer, solvents, plastic-making chemicals and the radioactive element strontium. Though some probably came from tap water that some companies use for their bottled water, other contaminants probably leached from plastic bottles, the researchers said.”
I have wondered sometimes about the plastic bottles themselves. Sometimes the water just doesnt taste right. Usually if its been sitting for a long time or has been in high heat or prolonged cold.