Comments on: Drugs in the tap water http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/ Beauty is in the eye of the shareholder Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:41:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Declan Fallon http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36165 Declan Fallon Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:03:52 +0000 http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36165 Looks like we need to melt those icecaps to dilute the pollutants. A global warming positive. Which reminds me.... Dear American Enterprise Institute, Please can I have my $10,000 now please Sincerely, Dr. Declan Fallon Looks like we need to melt those icecaps to dilute the pollutants. A global warming positive. Which reminds me….

Dear American Enterprise Institute,

Please can I have my $10,000 now please

Sincerely,
Dr. Declan Fallon

]]> By: Tom http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36160 Tom Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:39:31 +0000 http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36160 Ugly, the levels of allowable concentrations of "stuff" in the water is based on an allowable risk method. If say 400ppm of lead kills 1 person out of say 10,000 people that it's an allowable risk (I'm making up the numbers). At least that's what I remember from my Water Quality course in college. Tap water is designed to provide the public with engineered clean water, it just so happens that it doesn't "filter" out the drugs everyone is talking about. I guess its up to you if you want to drink tap water, its a personal choice. Me, I like my monthly 10 gallons of water. ToddinFL: That's the exact reason why people used to drink beer and alcohol instead of water, the alcohol killed all the nasties. Ugly, the levels of allowable concentrations of “stuff” in the water is based on an allowable risk method. If say 400ppm of lead kills 1 person out of say 10,000 people that it’s an allowable risk (I’m making up the numbers). At least that’s what I remember from my Water Quality course in college.

Tap water is designed to provide the public with engineered clean water, it just so happens that it doesn’t “filter” out the drugs everyone is talking about. I guess its up to you if you want to drink tap water, its a personal choice. Me, I like my monthly 10 gallons of water.

ToddinFL: That’s the exact reason why people used to drink beer and alcohol instead of water, the alcohol killed all the nasties.

]]> By: Michael http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36159 Michael Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:24:56 +0000 http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36159 Ugly, Yes, you can get iceberg water. Check out Glace, for one. (But for all we know they may just be putting tap water in the bottles!) There's some brand of vodka (I forgot the name) that's made with it as well. Ugly,

Yes, you can get iceberg water. Check out Glace, for one. (But for all we know they may just be putting tap water in the bottles!) There’s some brand of vodka (I forgot the name) that’s made with it as well.

]]> By: ToddinFL http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36157 ToddinFL Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:15:06 +0000 http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36157 All the more reason to drink beer. All the more reason to drink beer.

]]> By: Ugly http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36156 Ugly Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:06:03 +0000 http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36156 Tom: I don't know - possibly. But how harmful is tap water? Are there studies that show it is definitely harmful? I haven't seen any. Otherwise I would probably do it. Tom: I don’t know - possibly. But how harmful is tap water? Are there studies that show it is definitely harmful? I haven’t seen any. Otherwise I would probably do it.

]]> By: Tom http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36155 Tom Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:05:25 +0000 http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36155 Mike, I was about to post the exact same thing that Ugly wrote, I'd be worried about ingesting some pre-historic virus and accidentally killing off the entire human race. Mike, I was about to post the exact same thing that Ugly wrote, I’d be worried about ingesting some pre-historic virus and accidentally killing off the entire human race.

]]> By: Tom http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36154 Tom Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:01:43 +0000 http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36154 Ugly, even if you spent $10 for yourself on 10 gallons of water per month (that would be 106-12oz bottles or 3.5-12oz bottles per day) wouldn't it be worth it? Ugly, even if you spent $10 for yourself on 10 gallons of water per month (that would be 106-12oz bottles or 3.5-12oz bottles per day) wouldn’t it be worth it?

]]> By: Ugly http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36153 Ugly Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:23:13 +0000 http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36153 Tom: yeah but $5 for 5 gallons adds up - I drink a lot of water. That would be an extra $50 a month or something - for water, which I can get for free. If I found out that it was really harmful, I would gladly pay for something that was not harmful. Mike: Can you really get that stuff? But who knows what kind of funky prehistoric bacteria could be in there. Tom: yeah but $5 for 5 gallons adds up - I drink a lot of water. That would be an extra $50 a month or something - for water, which I can get for free. If I found out that it was really harmful, I would gladly pay for something that was not harmful.
Mike: Can you really get that stuff? But who knows what kind of funky prehistoric bacteria could be in there.

]]> By: Tyro http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36150 Tyro Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:53:53 +0000 http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36150 Tom - it's true that as long as we feed cows food which can/should be consumed by humans instead of feeding them food which they can easily digest, then we'll have to pump them full of antibiotics. I can think of two simple, effective and blindingly obvious solutions. Tom - it’s true that as long as we feed cows food which can/should be consumed by humans instead of feeding them food which they can easily digest, then we’ll have to pump them full of antibiotics. I can think of two simple, effective and blindingly obvious solutions.

]]> By: Michael http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36149 Michael Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:33:08 +0000 http://www.uglychart.com/2008/03/09/drugs-in-the-tap-water/#comment-36149 Perhaps your best bet would be to get water sourced from Icebergs. That stuff froze long before drugs and pollution were an issue. Perhaps your best bet would be to get water sourced from Icebergs. That stuff froze long before drugs and pollution were an issue.

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