dirty bottled water, now toxics in soda

pikeman · Nov 4th, 2005, 03:19

I found an article describing the levels of contamination in Indian bottled water, and now have stumbled upon another article about alarming levels of pesticide residue and other toxics in bottled soda. Of course travelers have come to expect these to be safer than local tap water.
So where does that leave a traveler needing a drink??

Anders · Nov 4th, 2005, 03:26

Drink beer.

traceyam · Nov 4th, 2005, 03:34

Drink bottled water, check the seal to make sure it's legit. If you want, you could use something like Aqua Mira:

http://giardiaclub.com/aqua-mira.html

pikeman · Nov 4th, 2005, 05:41

Yes - Indians brew some fine beer.
But as much as I like it, a simple water, less the "stuff", is very nice too!
Pete

crvlvr · Nov 4th, 2005, 07:12

Quote:

I found an article...

Any chance we could get more details on this "article"?

Darmabum · Nov 4th, 2005, 09:32

Can't drink the water . . . beer is mostly water (especially Indian beer), better not drink that . . . the only sensible solution is gin and tonic . . . the tonic in the quinine will curb that nagging malaria . . .

jens · Nov 4th, 2005, 11:23

2nd the request for the links - sounds interesting

edwardseco · Nov 4th, 2005, 12:10

Don't drink any liquid at all especially in Summer. Solves all problems..

shishmish · Nov 4th, 2005, 13:41

terrorist attacks, earthquakes, crazy traffic, malaria, ...what more can i worry about? plain old water?!....

there's a good thread about the bacteria in bottled water here (which includes an article):

Buy water, drink bacteria

7 days to go!!!!

Nov 4th, 2005, 03:19	#1
pikeman Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pflugerville, TX Posts: 22	dirty bottled water, now toxics in soda I found an article describing the levels of contamination in Indian bottled water, and now have stumbled upon another article about alarming levels of pesticide residue and other toxics in bottled soda. Of course travelers have come to expect these to be safer than local tap water. So where does that leave a traveler needing a drink??

Nov 4th, 2005, 03:34	#3
traceyam Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 426	Drink bottled water, check the seal to make sure it's legit. If you want, you could use something like Aqua Mira: http://giardiaclub.com/aqua-mira.html __________________ "Don't you sometimes wish the arctic was strawberry flavoured?" -- Thermoman

Nov 4th, 2005, 05:41	#4
pikeman Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pflugerville, TX Posts: 22	yeh Anders! Yes - Indians brew some fine beer. But as much as I like it, a simple water, less the "stuff", is very nice too! Pete

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