“I have always been a big advocate of tap water-not because I think it harmless but because the idea of purchasing water extracted from some remote watershed and then hauled halfway round the world bothers me. Drinking bottled water relieves people of their concern about ecological threats to the river they live by or to the basins of groundwater they live over. It's the same kind of thinking that leads some to the complacent conclusion that if things on earth get bad enough, well, we'll just blast off to a space station somewhere else.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWellsKindIdeasEnoughBigsEarthWaterSpaceConcernRiversThreatDrinkingEnvironmentalRoundsConclusionBotherOver ItLive ByStationsSomewhere ElseHalfwayBlastEcologicalComplacentDrinking WaterPurchasingWatershedsBottled WaterTap WaterGroundwater Author:Sandra Steingraber
“I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so my life was made up of, you know, in the morning going to the river to fetch water - no tap water, and no electricity - and, you know, bathing in the river, and then going to school, and playing soccer afterwards.” KnowsMadeSchoolWaterSimpleMorningGrewGrew UpRiversTownsSoccerHappy LifeElectricitySmall TownBathingFetchPlaying SoccerTap Water Author:Ishmael Beah
“It's autumn in New York. The colors are changing yellow, the browns, the greens, the oranges. And that's just the tap water.” WaterNew YorkColorAutumnYellowOrangeTap Water Author:David Letterman
“If theres a choice between tap water and bottled water, the consumer can make that choice. In a very large geography in the world, that choice does not exist.” IfsWorldDoeChoicesWaterConsumersGeographyBottled WaterTap Water Author:Muhtar Kent
“Besides, the sense of safety offered by bottled water is a mirage. It turns out that breathing, not drinking, constitutes our main route of exposure to volatile pollutants in tap water, such as solvents, pesticides, and byproducts of water chlorination. As soon as the toilet is flushed or the faucet turned on-or the bathtub, the shower, the humidifier, the washing machine-these contaminants leave the water and enter the air. A recent study shows that the most efficient way of exposing yourself to chemical contaminants in tap water is to turn on a dishwasher.” WayShowsTurnsWaterStudyAirMachinesSafetyDrinkingEnvironmentalBreathingChemicalsEfficientShowersRoutesExposureToiletsTurn-onWashingExposingMiragesBathtubsPesticidesDishwashersWashing MachinesBottled WaterTap WaterExposing Yourself Author:Sandra Steingraber
“Drink a bottle of French water and then step into the shower for ten minutes and you've just received the exposure equivalent of drinking a half gallon of tap water. We enjoy the most intimate of relationships with our public drinking water, whether we want to or not.” WantEnjoyWaterHalfStepsMinutesDrinkTenDrinkingEnvironmentalIntimateBottlesShowersExposureDrinking WaterGallonsTap Water Book:Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood Source: Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood
“In the cafe bathroom drinking free tap water Thinking; "Damn, I should've been a better father to my daughter"” ThinkingShouldFatherWaterDaughterDrinkingHip HopDamnMy DaughterBathroomCafesTap Water Author:Slug