cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/47526
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Shoutout to u/UnusualInstance6 on Reddit
You can lower your microplastic exposure by 90% by drinking tap water.
this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2025
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I've got tapwater in plastic bottles next to my bed to get my daily dosage of microplastic.
Non acidic, cold liquids in plastic are generally fine.
No, not really. Plastic is constantly flaking, even your skin damages it releasing millions of particles.
This. Also we already pay water bills, whatโs the point in paying for more water
The bottles from VOSS water are just filled with plain Norwegian water. We use it in the tap, the toilet, in the garden and everywhere else.
I think this also influences our coffee habits. The water is kind of a significant influence on the result, and some roasting styles are likely better than others at covering up unpleasant water.
But does it have what plants crave?!
Absolute shit. Technically drinkable but tastes like ass and will give you kidney stones with it being harder than a conservative Texan using a VPN to view pornhub.
Scotland and itโs pretty awesome tbf.
If I go down to England though I donโt touch it, depending on where I am. My wife is English and was stunned we just filled our glasses straight from the tap.
It really fine anywhere I've been in England though, tasted great and of course safe to drink (provided your plumbing isn't still made out of lead, but that's been fixed for a while now)
When I was in Stockport and Newcastle a few years back it tasted weird and Stockport gave me bad stomach cramps. Devon was poor when I was there for a spell too, Midlands was nice as it came from the mountains in nearby Wales. Think it depends on the water company but I was bitten a couple of times and decided to not risk it hah!
Your wife is English and she's stunned you drink tap water?!? That's remarkable, my 50 odd years I've not found a person in England that doesn't drink the tap water
Her family never done it without going through a water filter, maybe it is more of a family thing.
My country, Italy, is one of the best country when it comes to drinkable tap water distribution and quality, and yet in Europe we are the country with the highest consume of plastic bottle of water. As usual, Italian ignorance and stupidityโฆ
Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/water-quality-by-country
Wonder how much turism effects those numbers.
It doesnโt. Yesterday I read an Italian newspapers saying the same thing based on a survey targeting Italian people
Where I live the tap water is fantastic. If you like non-carbonated water you dont need to buy water.
It drives me nuts, we have some of the best tap water here. There are stricter guidelines for tap water than they have for bottled water, but i see so many people buying shopping carts woth of plastic garbage with crappier, more expensive water inside.
CO2 saturators are cheap. I love carbonated water and all I buy is a gas bottle fill every two months or so for 15 euro, on top of that I don't need to carry any heavy bottles upstairs.
Pretty fantastic.
I do have a soda stream to pimp it up a bit with sparkles.
We have that as well. Somewhere in the cellar. With time we grew too lazy to add any sparkles until we'd drink nothing but tap water. Didn't even plan for that.
And thank you for not supporting Israeli companies.
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One of the best in the world. Tastes way better than anything that's been in a bottle, or tap water in other countries deemed safe to drink.
Water? Like in the toilet?
I prefer 10 stage reverse osmosis filtration, and then I usually add some electrolytes and minerals for taste
Tap water differs from region to region here. in my home town, we get mineral-rich water from deep wells. Tastes wonderful, but coffee machines and kettles hate it. In my grandmas place in the next town they had a different well, and the water tasted horrible (to me). But she never had to decalcinate her coffee machine in years.
Pretty good. The tap water here is very clean. Nobody really buys water bottles from stores here unless they want sparkling water.
Donuts replaced by tap water?
That's their drinks/bar logo
Tap water here has a lot of calcium in it. Good for drinking but without filtering it would destroy my espresso machine in a month.
Finland, Helsinki water area: In a blind test, my mom's cat always drinks Brita-filtered tap water stored in a PET-bottle. To me, both taste fine - filtered maybe slightly better with a new filter cartridge.
In my million dollar house in Montgomery county Maryland?
Just fine.
Mine is decent in Northern England. Scotland wins, though. Their tap water is exceptional in most places.
I'm down south, and I like my water good and chewy thank you very much.
(It all gets filtered before it goes in the kettle or the coffee machine though; man can only consume so much gravel)