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si --Boundary_(ID_CXgJApDRENKiLoxQeTOTkg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable I hadn't heard of this, unless it is worry about the plastic. There =20 are so many false urban myths circulating nowadays, that one must be =20 constantly skeptical. For example, we were told recently by email not =20= to eat certain common foods for fear of over-dosing on Vitamin A. All =20= the information in the notice which I have been able to check has =20 proven decidedly false. Apparently the Brita story may be similarly inaccurate. See: = http://thesoftlandingbaby.com/2008/02/09/are-brita-water-pitchers-made-fro= m-safe-plastic/ In addition, the most active filtering material in the Brita filter is =20= activated charcoal. It would absorb any objectionable leachates from =20= the plastic (if there were any), so I think that you need not worry. On 28 Sep 2009, at 4:22 PM, James W. Wolford wrote: > I have a possible stupid question: isn't there some environmental =20 > reason now to disfavour Brita filters? Is it the BPA scare =20 > (bisphenol A)? Perhaps a year or more ago, my wife Pat gave up her =20= > longtime use of the Brita. What was the reason?? Cheers from Jim =20 > in Wolfville > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Roland McCormick <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca> >> Date: September 27, 2009 11:20:33 AM ADT >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Bottled Water >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> >> Hello Paul - >> I found your article on water most interesting. I grew up in =20= >> Bear River - all hills that are a mixture of ledges (lots of =20 >> fossils) and gravel. I think almost everywhere there is more than =20 >> enough gravel to filter the water, the result being pure fresh =20 >> drinking water (untested) everywhere. >> When I moved here to Barrington I soon found the water needed =20= >> to be filtered. I asked my plumber what he would suggest, and he =20 >> installed a Brita filter. According to your article it is even =20 >> better than I thought it was. >> >> Roland. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Paul S. Boyer >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 8:41 AM >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Bottled Water >> >> More on Drinking Water >> >> The iron problem is almost universal in water of the province. In =20= >> the granite area, the dug wells have a tendency (almost a =20 >> certainty) to have bacterial contamination, particularly if there =20 >> are other house, or ducks and geese around. The drilled wells have =20= >> uranium and arsenic from weathering of the granite, if you are in a =20= >> granite terrain. >> >> We have a dug well, over 100 years old. We have a water softener =20 >> to handle some of the iron. (I wish that this were not necessary, =20= >> because water-softening adds salt to the groundwater, and costs for =20= >> the salt, which one must haul in every so often.) Then there is a =20= >> particulate filter to remove some more of the iron. Next comes a =20 >> UV light which kills all the bacteria. The unit must be kept clean =20= >> so that the UV can get through the special glass to fry the =20 >> unwanted organisms, and bulb must be changed every year. (Said =20 >> bulb costs about $120 with tax.) Finally, we have a reverse-=20 >> osmotic filter, which takes out everything which is left, and gives =20= >> really pure, clear water. >> >> Bottled water in the small containers is terribly expensive, =20 >> compared to the real market-value of water. When you buy bottled =20 >> water, you are mainly paying for handling, and the bottle. A liter =20= >> of water from a city water supply is actually worth only a few =20 >> hundredths of a cent. Of course, one's perspective changes if =20 >> dying of thirst! >> >> The drilled wells require special filters to remove U and As. =20 >> Reverse osmosis would be good. I have a neighbor who uses Brita=AE =20= >> filters, and finds (by actual testing) that they remove 99% of the =20= >> offending elements. >> >> >> > --Boundary_(ID_CXgJApDRENKiLoxQeTOTkg) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I hadn't heard of this, unless = it is worry about the plastic. There are so many false urban myths = circulating nowadays, that one must be constantly skeptical. For = example, we were told recently by email not to eat certain common foods = for fear of over-dosing on Vitamin A. All the information in the = notice which I have been able to check has proven decidedly = false.<div><br></div><div>Apparently the Brita story may be similarly = inaccurate. See: <a = href=3D"http://thesoftlandingbaby.com/2008/02/09/are-brita-water-pitchers-= made-from-safe-plastic/">http://thesoftlandingbaby.com/2008/02/09/are-brit= a-water-pitchers-made-from-safe-plastic/</a></div><div><br></div><div>In = addition, the most active filtering material in the Brita filter is = activated charcoal. It would absorb any objectionable leachates = from the plastic (if there were any), so I think that you need not = worry.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 28 Sep 2009, at 4:22 = PM, James W. Wolford wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> I have a possible stupid = question: isn't there some environmental reason now to disfavour Brita = filters? Is it the BPA scare (bisphenol A)? Perhaps a year = or more ago, my wife Pat gave up her longtime use of the Brita. = What was the reason?? Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Roland McCormick <<a = href=3D"mailto:roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca">roland.mccormick@ns.sympa= tico