100% Pure?
Posted by Bryan on October 20, 2007
Ingredients (according to back label): “Water, fecal matter, toilet paper, hair, lint, rancid grease, stomach acid and trace amounts of Pepto Bismol, chocolate, urine, body oils, dead skin, industrial chemicals (aluminum, copper, zinc, lead, chromium, nickel, molybdenum, selenium, silver arsenic, mercury,) ammonia, … soil, laundry soap, bath soap, shaving cream, sweat, saliva, salt, sugar. No artificial colors or preservatives. Some variations in taste and/or color may occur due to holidays, predominant cuisine preference, infiltration/inflow, or sewer cross-connections.”
What’s going on here? An article at the Deseret Morning News caught my eye. Here’s an excert:
Folks at the sewer district, says sewer-district manager Kevin R. Cowan, hand out bottles to those who tour its facilities. This “refreshing” humor is trying to make a serious, instructive point.
According the article, the purpose of the bottled sewer water it to raise awareness about what people pour down their drains.
This [sewer] system is usually effective in removing up to 94 percent of biodegradable pollutants….”
94%??? That means 6% returns to the drinking water.
Take Home Message: Dilution is not the solution! Dispose of waste properly!
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Kind of makes you think what is in bottled water don’t it. I like water I drink it quite often but I am picky on what kind of brand I buy.
October 20th, 2007 at 8:36 am
Yeah, Rick, lots of brands of bottled water are just purified tap water. You end up saving a lot of money if you just filter it yourself. I think Sigg and Klean Kanteen even make camo-colored reusable water bottles for when you’re on the hunt
Good message, Bryan! Some of the things that don’t get filtered out are endocrine disrupting chemicals, which screw with fish hormones and make boy fish look like girl fish. The same chemicals do bad things to baby boys in the womb, although exposure usually comes in larger and more immediate doses than what’s in the water. Definitely food for thought.
October 22nd, 2007 at 10:44 am
Rick, I think more and more people are becoming like you. As a society, we’re very fortunate to have access to the purest of water! Nothing like a sip of water after sweating from dragging a buck out of the woods!
Amanda, so glad you stopped by and dropped a comment. You raise some interesting issues…and definitely worth some thought.
October 22nd, 2007 at 11:49 am