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Stop drinking bottled water: Experts warn of health and climate impacts
(www.newsweek.com)
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this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2024
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Fortunately for me, I live in a city with pretty good tap water and I have newish copper pipes (post 2000).
The biggest concern we have right now is the potential of PFAS contamination, but its under the EPA and European regulated limits.
Which given what I know about most bottled water sourcing (generally, it's just tap water from somewhere else) it is really the best I can hope for.