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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: thedoc on 09/02/2010 17:19:55

Title: How Safe is our Mineral Water?
Post by: thedoc on 09/02/2010 17:19:55

Martin Wagner explains how his team have been looking into the release of oestrogen-like chemicals from in our mineral water...
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Title: How Safe is our Mineral Water?
Post by: thedoc on 09/02/2010 18:19:34

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Title: How Safe is our Mineral Water?
Post by: FuzzyUK on 06/12/2011 17:07:38

So the water that has been flowing naturally for millions of years through volcanic springs and rippling streams in the mountains bringing you the purest mineral water in the world, gets poured into a plastic bottle in a factory and the manufacture then sticks a label on it displaying a "best use before" date of only 3 months ahead.

Title: How Safe is our Mineral Water?
Post by: CliffordK on 07/12/2011 00:59:25

I suppose the question should be what one would find if one took similar samples out of normal tap water.

Municipal water, well water, etc.

I've never been convinced in the benefit of buying water in bottles when it comes out of the tap for FREE.